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reporter: the first of the year marks a major change in the way people who depend on insulin will pay for it. now sanofi is the third major manufacturer to offer a $35 per month price cap, at least on what people are paying out of pocket for their medications. this may be kind of complicated for people to access, they may have to go to the drug maker s websites and download a coupon, but at least it will available across the board from the three major manufacturers. more than 8 million people in the united states depend on insulin to live and according to the american diabetes association, a quarter of those people have at one point needed to ration their medicine in order to pay for it. and that can have really severe health consequences. another thing going into effect starting january 1 is decreases in the list prices of insulin of more than 70%. and the list price is the actual price of the medicine before insurance kicks in or any rebates or discounts are paid back into the syst

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