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01/04/2022at 11:39

US House of Representatives passes bill to cap insulin price

One chamber of the United States Congress has passed a bill capping diabetes patients’ out-of-pocket insulin expenses.
Photo: George Frey/REUTERS / X02043
by marketwire, translated by daniel pedersen

The US is one step closer to securing more affordable insulin for diabetes patients, as the House of Representatives has passed the Affordable Insulin Now Act, a bill that caps patients’ cost-sharing at USD 35 for a month’s supply of insulin.

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