Eli Lily caps insulin at $35 a month! This is pretty amazing. Kudos to Bernie and everyone else who worked so hard to make it happen. Thinking today of those who already died because they couldn't get enough insulin. There are 68,000 people who die each year from lack of healthcare in the US. 18 million people cannot afford to fill the prescriptions ordered by their doctors. Insulin capped at $35 is huge and important, but it's just the beginning. The goal is universal healthcare in America, just as there is in every other advanced democracy.
Bernie Sanders
 @BernieSanders
2 Mar 2023
In 2019, I traveled by bus up to Canada with a group of diabetics to purchase insulin for a fraction of what they were paying here in the United States. Today, Eli Lily has significantly lowered its insulin price to $35 a month. Grassroots pressure works. Let's keep going.

Mar 2, 2023 · 11:47 AM UTC

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Bernie got Joe Manchin to agree to this policy 😜😂😂😂😂😂😂😂that was Biden it wouldn’t have passed without Biden convincing Joe Manchin to vote for the policy.. stop lying democrats have been talking about lowering drug prices for decades..
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$35 too much.
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I'm 53 how much will it cost me?
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I know people like to take credit for things they don't do, but giving credit for something they didn't do is a new one.
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Wrong again
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Drug companies don't lose money. They'll make it up somewhere else. Probably by raising charges to insured.
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I wish everyone was more like Bernie Sanders. #Bernie2024
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Smashing capitalism is the solution.
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I believe Amylouise Donnelly is right giving credit for recent legislation on insulin passed in the House that Rep. Lucy McBath essentially wrote. However, I think it still needs to be reconciled with a piece of legislation now under review in the Senate. All good can happe!
Replying to @marwilliamson @ninaturner
It’s their old version of insulin. And there are two other major suppliers that haven’t done a thing. This is good, but nowhere near what it needs to be. Plus, the second highest price in the world (after our $100) for insulin is $14! Why is $35 the goal?
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