Allies Gallery
Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Senator Shaheen is the Co-Chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus, and recently introduced the Improving Needed Safeguards forUsrs of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, which would cap insulin prices on certain insurance plans, as well as providing other safeguards.
Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
Senator Warnock introduced the Affordable Insulin Now Act last year to cap Insulin for the insured and uninsured, though the initial bill was ignored by the Senate after passing the House. Senator Warnock has reintroduced the bill for this session of Congress.
Senator Susan Collins (R-ME)
Senator Collins is the Co-Chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus along with Senator Shaheen and co-authored the INSULIN Act.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA)
Senator Kennedy co-introduced the Affordable Insulin Now Act with Senator Warnock both this year and last year. On the subject he stated “The federal budget is 6,000 billion dollars every year—and we can’t find $250 million to cap the price of insulin?"
Rogues Gallery
Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Congressman Gaetz has not only attempted to shoot down legislation such as the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which is effectively dead, waiting for a senate vote that will never come, but he has also made aggressive and ignorant comments to justify his actions. Gaetz stated “Arbitrary price controls are no substitute for individual weight control." Showing how he knows
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL)
Unlike his peers in the house, Marco Rubio elected to blame the failure of the senate to reduce Insulin prices on his opponents, claiming himself to be for price caps, despite voting against them at every opportunity. Not only this but he also claims that the net cost of insulin was reduced by 20% from 2007 to 2021, which is not backed up and by every other source appears
Congressman Gus Bilirakis (R-FL)
Despite being the Republican Co-Chair of the House Diabetes Caucus, Congressman Bilirakis elected instead to vote in favor of the Pharmaceutical and Insurance industries when the Insulin Price Cap for private insurance was cut from the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC)
Senator Graham moved to strike the private insurance cap from the Inflation Reduction Act when it was on the floor of the Senate.