Thom Tillis and Richard Burr voted against a cap of $35 a month for the price of insulin for patients with diabetes. According to Goodrx.com, the average retail price for insulin rose 54% from 2014 to 2019. But our senators not only let their constituents down by voting against insulin price caps. (Sadly, the cap on insulin price was eventually forced out of the bill for non-Medicare enrollees.) I encounter the problem of high drug costs every day in my family medicine clinic.

Source: Forbes August 14, 2022 16:09 UTC