> Washingtonians weigh in on recent efforts to limit insulin costs
Washingtonians weigh in on recent efforts to limit insulin costs
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Advocates pushing for more affordable insulin prices are seeing some movement.
Eli Lilly recently announced caps on out-of-pocket insulin prices. In Washington state, Senate Bill 5729 could make permanent a statewide cap on insulin prices for some people who use it.
KING 5 spoke with several people involved with recent efforts to get their perspectives on what's happened so far and what could be next.
Dr. Irl Hirsch, a professor at the UW School of Medicine with decades of experience treating patients, doing research and advocating for affordable insulin prices, said skyrocketing costs didn't come out of anywhere.
READ THE FULL STORY HERE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/health/washingtonians-limit-insulin-costs/281-420e3378-f105-45c4-b39b-0125fc94bca4