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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | December 14, 2022 05:51 PM |
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| From: | Representative Jeanne McNeill and Rep. Mike Zabel, Rep. Melissa Cerrato |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | $35 Cap on Insulin Prices |
| Insulin costs have tripled in recent years, leaving more and more people with financial hurdles to overcome to get their much-needed medication; tragic reports of deaths from insulin rationing have become all too common as people grapple with the skyrocketing price of this drug. People should not be forced to choose each month between their mortgage payment or rent and their medicine. In order to combat this, we plan to introduce legislation to establish a $35 cap on insulin for each 30 day supply. Insulin was always made to be an affordable, life-saving drug and our legislation provides the means to achieve that goal. Twenty-one states already cap insulin copayments, including New York, Maryland, Texas and West Virginia. Congress acted in 2022 to cap insulin prices, but only for individuals on Medicare. There is no reason Pennsylvania cannot do the same thing to ensure everyone can access their medicine without breaking the bank. We believe Pennsylvania should be leading the nation in access to health care, and that means catching up with our neighbors to make insulin accessible. Please join in co-sponsoring this much needed and common-sense legislation, so that more Pennsylvanians can receive this life-saving drug as soon as possible. |
Introduced as HB534