President Biden became angered at the high cost of insulin, suggesting parents oftentimes have to choose between purchasing the drug over necessities for children.
cost $12,000 a year, like some cancer drugs, they will not pay any more than $2,000 in a year.
Biden also said his administration put a $35 per month cap on insulin for seniors on Medicare, instead of $400 per month. But that is for seniors on Medicare, but for a mother with two daughters with type two diabetes, the cost is still $400 per prescription, per month, the president explained.Even though the consumer pays $400 per month for the drug, Biden explained, it costs the drug manufacturer $12 to make and package the insulin.
"The guy who invented it didn’t even patent it because he wanted it available for everybody," he explained."But now look at what they’re charging, and they’re making billions of bucks doing it."As for the mom with two daughters with diabetes, she pays $800 a month for insulin, and without insurance, the president asked how someone could do that."Talk about being deprived of your pride," Biden said."Look at your child. Your child, you know, needs it.
Broader inflation has abated somewhat in recent months but remains much higher than under Biden's predecessor. The topic of drug costs was a key talking point as Biden made the rounds during the election season, and at one point he claimed to have met the man who invented insulin. It was discovered by a man named Frederick Banting, who died at the age of 49 on Feb. 21, 1941. Biden was born on November 20, 1942.
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