On the recordMarch 31, 2022
Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Pallone for yielding. Madam Speaker, diabetes does not care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. This disease is an absolute torrential disease inside working families across our country. This bill has been mischaracterized by the other side. This would lead to a $35 cost for Americans, for Minnesotans, for part D Medicare beneficiaries and commercial plan beneficiaries. For the vast majority of working families, the price of insulin is simply unsustainable. Many Americans are forced to risk their own lives by rationing doses or skipping treatments entirely. Today, we have an opportunity to save American families thousands of their hard-earned dollars. Madam Speaker, my bill, the Affordable Insulin Now Act, would cap it at $35 a month. Certainly, our work to lower drug costs and expand access to healthcare across this Nation is not done. But this is a major step forward in the right direction and a chance to make good on our promises to the American people. Madam Speaker, I encourage all of my colleagues to vote ``yes.''
