$35 Insulin Cap Is Welcome, Popular, and Bipartisan. But Congress May Not Pass It Anyway

(By Michael McAuliff for Kaiser Health News)

Democrats in the Senate are primed this month to make their first attempt at salvaging one of the most popular elements of President Joe Biden’s stalled Build Back Better plan — the proposal to cap insulin costs at $35 a month.

It might not go well.

That’s true even though the idea of helping millions of Americans with diabetes afford a crucial medicine has immense public support and even bipartisan adherents. But then, there is politics — between Democrats and Republicans, of course, but also among Democrats. Continue reading here…

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