Following Successful Public Pressure Campaign to Lower the Cost of Eli Lilly’s Insulin, Sanders and Bush Introduce Bill to Finish the Job and Cap the Price at $20 Per Vial

"There is no reason why Americans should pay the highest prices in the world for insulin – in some cases, ten times as much as people in other countries," said Sen. Sanders. 

"In 1923, the inventors of insulin sold their patents for $1 to save lives, not to turn pharmaceutical executives into billionaires. Now, 100 years later, unacceptable corporate greed has caused the price of this lifesaving medication to skyrocket by over 1,000 percent since 1996. 

We can no longer tolerate a rigged health care system that forced 1.3 million people with diabetes to ration insulin while the three major insulin manufacturers made $21 billion dollars in profits. Now is the time for Congress to take on the greed and power of the pharmaceutical industry and substantially lower the price of insulin. 

In the richest country in the history of the world, no one should die because they cannot afford the medication they need."

https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/following-successful-public-pressure-campaign-to-lower-the-cost-of-eli-lillys-insulin-sanders-and-bush-introduce-bill-to-finish-the-job-and-cap-the-price-at-20-per-vial