answers on the rising cost of insulin. this is the second part of the hearing examining insulin affordability and the ensuing financial and health challenges and effects on patient lives. the chair now recognizes herself for the purposes of an opening statement. with 7.5 million americans relying on insulin, this problem that we re addressing today has affected countless lives. that s why this committee is determined to find answers and to find solutions. as the committee is well aware, despite the fact that insulin has been around now for almost 100 years, it has become outrageously expensive. for instance, the price of insulin has doubled since 2012 after nearly tripling in the past ten years. we ve all heard stories of what happens when patients can t afford their insulin. people have to forego paying their bills or ration their doses or skip doses all together. i had a listening session in my district a couple of weeks ago, and there was a woman who came named sierra. s
we are addressing today has affected countless lives. that is why this committee is determined to find answers and to find solutions. as the committee is well aware, despite the fact that insulin has been around now for almost 100 years, it has become outrageously expensive. for instance, the price of insulin has doubled since 2012. after nearly tripling in the past 10 years. we have all heard stories of what happens when patients can t afford insulin. people have to forgo paying their bills. or ration their doses or skip doses altogether. i had a listening session in my district a couple of weeks ago and there was a woman who came named sierra. sierra has been struggling for over one year to pay for her insulin. even after rationing her insulin, she is still paying over $700 per month. it is simply unacceptable. that anyone in this country cannot access the very drug their lives depend on. all because of the price of insulin has gotten out of control. as the cochair of the c
price of life-saving drug getting answers on the rising cost of insulin. this is the second part of the hearing examining insulin affordability and ensuing financial and health challenges and effects on patient lives. the chair now recognizes herself for the purposes of an opening statement. with 7.5 million americans relying on insulin, this problem we are addressing today has affected countless lives. that is why this committee is determined to find answers and to find solutions. as the committee is well aware, despite the fact that insulin has been around now for almost 100 years, it has become outrageously expensive. for instance, the price of insulin has doubled since 2012. after nearly tripling in the past 10 years. we have all heard stories of what happens when patients can t afford insulin. people have to forgo paying their bills. or ration their doses or skip doses altogether. i had a listening session in my district a couple of weeks ago and there was a woman who c
answer questions from lawmakers about the rising cost of insulin. and how to control the prices of life-saving medicines. the witnesses represent drugmakers eli lilly, noble nordisk. diana to get chairs the subcommittee on oversight and investigations. the subcommittee on oversight and investigations hearing will now come to order. today the subcommittee is holding a hearing entitled, price of life-saving drug getting answers on the rising cost of insulin. this is the second part of the hearing examining insulin affordability and ensuing financial and health challenges and effects on patient lives. the chair now recognizes herself for the purposes of an opening statement. with 7.5 million americans relying on insulin, this problem we are addressing today has affected countless lives. that is why this committee is determined to find answers and to find solutions. as the committee is well aware, despite the fact that insulin has been around now for almost 100 years, it has
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