{"id":1029107,"date":"2024-01-03T21:36:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-03T21:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029107"},"modified":"2024-05-23T19:57:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T19:57:09","slug":"president-bidens-agenda-is-lowering-insulin-costs-while-trump-and-maga-republicans-side-with-big-pharma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/president-bidens-agenda-is-lowering-insulin-costs-while-trump-and-maga-republicans-side-with-big-pharma\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden\u2019s Agenda Is Lowering Insulin Costs While Trump and MAGA Republicans Side With Big Pharma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In response to major insulin manufacturers lowering the cost of insulin for hardworking Americans as a result of President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act,<\/em> DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\u201cPresident Biden took on Big Pharma, and he won. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, pharmaceutical companies are heeding President Biden\u2019s call to stop price gouging hardworking Americans for their lifesaving medication. Trump and MAGA Republicans have pledged to roll back President Biden\u2019s work to lower costs for American families by dismantling the IRA and the Affordable Care Act, which would skyrocket costs and jeopardize Americans\u2019 health care coverage. Come November, voters will remember that President Biden is putting the American people over Big Pharma\u2019s profits when they reject whichever extreme MAGA candidate Republicans nominate.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With help from President Biden\u2019s historic Inflation Reduction Act, drug companies are lowering the cost of insulin \u2014 providing affordable, lifesaving care for millions of hardworking Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cMore Americans can now get insulin for $35\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCongress, the White House and new players in the market have increased pressure on insulin manufacturers to lower their prices. Eli Lilly and Sanofi announced that they would institute $35 caps shortly after President Joe Biden called on drugmakers to do so in his State of the Union address last year. Medicare enrollees now pay no more than $35 a month for each of their insulin prescriptions, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, which Democratic lawmakers pushed through Congress in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

USA Today<\/a>: \u201cInsulin $35 cap price now in effect, lowering costs for many Americans with diabetes\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn 2022, a sweeping climate and health bill called the Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin costs at $35 a month for Medicare enrollees. In February 2023, Biden urged Congress to extend that out-of-pocket cap to younger Americans with private health insurance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cMore Americans are now eligible to purchase insulin for $35, after leading manufacturers instituted new pricing Jan. 1. \u2026 Drugmakers have been under fire for years over the rapid rise of the price of insulin. According to the American Diabetes Association, the price increased 24 percent between 2017 and 2022, and spending on insulin has tripled over the past decade to $22.3 billion in 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HealthDay<\/a>: \u201cMore Americans Will Only Have to Pay $35 a Month for Insulin in 2024\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow, thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, Medicare enrollees pay no more than $35 a month for their insulin prescriptions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MAGA Republicans in Congress blocked a Inflation Reduction Act provision to cap the price of insulin at $35\/month for private insurers and are trying to roll back the law\u2019s drug pricing reforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CBS News<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans on Sunday blocked a $35 monthly cap on the cost of insulin in the private market from being included in Democrats’ economic tax and spending package, voting down an amendment to the measure during a marathon session leading up to what Democrats hope will be final passage of the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cSenate Republicans on Friday introduced a bill that would roll back the drug pricing reforms included in the sweeping Inflation Reduction Act, including the measures allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and capping annual drug expenses for many seniors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bill allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices for the first time in the program\u2019s history. It also placed a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap on annual drug costs for seniors on Medicare, as well as a $35 monthly cop for insulin. \u2026 If passed, the bill states it would make it so that the drug pricing measures in the Inflation Reduction Act \u2018had never been enacted.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cSome key House Republicans are calling for the repeal of Democrats’ newly-passed drug pricing measure if the GOP flips control of one or both chambers of Congress next year. Why it matters: The comments show Republicans are not giving up the fight against sweeping measures aimed at lowering prescription drug prices, and give a glimpse of what their health agenda could look like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, 2024 Republicans are pushing to eliminate the Inflation Reduction Act<\/strong>,<\/em><\/strong> even as it is lowering health care costs for hardworking Americans. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insider<\/a>: \u201cFormer President Donald Trump<\/strong> on Friday slammed the Democratic-led climate, health, and tax bill, arguing that Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky was \u2018taken for a ride\u2019 by Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong><\/a>: \u201c[The Inflation Reduction Act] is a communist manifesto.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cYou know, the good thing is I think there’s a pretty clear path to being able to reverse a lot of this stuff. The things he’s doing through executive order, you could reverse right away. But even what they did with the Inflation Reduction Act, they passed that via budget reconciliation in the Senate. So with 50 votes, I think, you know, we win the presidency, I’m pretty sure we would win the Senate and keep the House. And so at that case, what they put in by reconciliation, you could repeal by reconciliation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christie<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cThe Inflation Reduction Act was a mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump and the entire 2024 GOP field have also advocated for repealing the Affordable Care Act, which would jeopardize millions of Americans\u2019 health care coverage.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u201cTrump Revives Plan to Dismantle Obamacare if Elected in 2024\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jack Heath<\/a>: \u201cThey’re going ahead and saying you would repeal the Affordable Care Act, would you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Haley<\/strong>: \u201cIt’s not about one small policy of, you know, Affordable Care Act. It’s about fixing the entire health care system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin Dougherty, Fox Carolina News<\/a>: \u201cIf Republicans get control of Washington, [with] you in the White House, what\u2019s your plan to repeal or replace the Affordable Care Act?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis<\/strong>: \u201cWell, look, that was a big failure. Obviously, under the Trump administration, that was a core promise \u2014 it didn’t happen. You know, what we’re gonna do is we have this massive health care bureaucracy: pharmaceutical, government, insurance, all this stuff. It’s a total mess. We’re gonna have a comprehensive plan to lower people’s costs, and yes, Obamacare hasn’t done it, so we\u2019ll transcend Obamacare, but I think you got to do a lot more than just that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ramaswamy<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cI think Obamacare has been a disaster.\u201d
Christie<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cIt’s about delivering on issues that voters care about. So the fact is that they care deeply about Obamacare. And Donald Trump promised them he’d repeal and replace it. He had a Republican Congress. He didn’t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In response to major insulin manufacturers lowering the cost of insulin for hardworking Americans as a result of President Biden\u2019s Inflation Reduction Act, DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement: \u201cPresident Biden took on Big Pharma, and he won. 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