In 1996, a vial of Humalog (roughly a month’s supply) cost patients about $25 per vial. By 2017, the anti-diabetes medication cost nearly $275. Insulin prices have only increased since then. A Business Insider article estimates that from 2017 to 2019 the average diabetic spent $300 to $400 for a month’s supply of insulin....
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Raymond J. March | Wednesday January 6, 2021 at 10:52 AM PST
Raymond J. March | Wednesday June 24, 2020 at 5:27 PM PDT
President Trump has tried seemingly everything to lower prescription drug prices. In 2018 alone, he established an international pricing index to prevent overcharging from foreign drug producers, targeted drug rebates between producers and middlemen, and granted Medicare Part D plans more authority to negotiate drug prices. Despite these and other efforts, the prices for thousands of...
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