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United States Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced legislation this week, to hold insulin manufacturers accountable for excessive increases in the price of life-sustaining insulin.

United States Senator Tina Smith (D-Minn.) reintroduced legislation this week, to hold insulin manufacturers accountable for excessive increases in the price of life-sustaining insulin.

Senate Republicans killed a proposal last year to cap out-of-pocket costs at $35 for people with private insurance.

California has now become the largest state to sue the major companies on the insulin market

The state is taking action against three major drug companies and the big pharmacy benefit managers in an effort to temper costs for people with diabetes.

Co-pay caps for Medicare beneficiaries begin in 2023, while new federal legislation, state laws, and new insulin manufacturers all eyed as more possible solutions.

Montgomery Academy Junior Lauren Jones recently met with Congressman Barry Moore during his recent trip to Wetumpka. Lauren met with him on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Moore

Around 7 million Americans require insulin daily and 14% of them are spending nearly half of their income after food and housing costs on the medicine,...

Around 7 million Americans require insulin daily and 14% of them are spending nearly half of their income after food and housing costs on the medicine, according to a Yale University study.

WASHINGTON -- Years before he came to the Senate, Raphael Warnock spent time bedside with Georgia residents suffering from the long-term effects of diabetes, a condition made worse by limited access to lifesaving drugs like insulin.