Senate Republicans block $35 cap on price of insulin from Democratic bill

Senate Republicans block $35 cap on price of insulin

Senate Republicans block $35 cap on price of insulin.

Democrats lose effort to cap insulin at $35 for most Americans before passage of Senate reconciliation bill

Stock image(CNN) — Senate Democrats failed to realize their longstanding goal of lowering the price of insulin for the more than 150 million Americans with private health insurance.The party had pushed to include a measure in their climate and health care package that passed the chamber Sunday that would place a $35 cap on insulin for those on Medicare and with private coverage.However, the Senate parliamentarian decided that extending the cap t…

Republicans Block Cap on Insulin Costs for Many Americans From Democratic Deal

Receiving a 57-43 vote, the insulin cap provision was 3 votes short of passing the 60-vote threshold required for inclusion.

'What the hell is wrong with them?' GOP senators kill $35 cap on insulin

Senate Republicans on Sunday successfully stripped a proposed $35 per month cap on out-of-pocket spending on insulin for patients enrolled in private insurance from the tax and climate bill making its way through the Senate.The Senate parliamentarian had earlier ruled that the provision, sponsored by Georgia Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock, is not primarily related to the federal budget and thus not eligible for a reconciliation bill. The rul…

Senate Republicans Triumph Over Affordable Insulin

Conservatives across the nation have railed against "Big Pharma" for the last few years, furious that companies like Moderna and Pfizer would do something as cruel as develop a vaccine to prevent people from contracting a highly transmissible virus that could kill them, instead of just letting them eat horse paste and drink magic bleach, as God intended. But there are still a few things they love about massive pharmaceutical companies, and one o…

Senate Republicans derail insulin price cap for many consumers

Democrats needed 10 Republican votes to create a price cap on consumers' insulin costs. They ended up three GOP votes short.