GOP Makes “Price Gouge Diabetics on Insulin” Part of Its Official Party Platform

Tens of millions of Americans suffer from diabetes, with some paying up to $1,000 a month for insulin, a necessary, lifesaving drug. Americans pay about five to eight times more for insulin than Canadians do—so much more that Bernie Sanders’s presidential campaign once took a bus full of Americans to Canada to buy the drug cheaper just to prove this very point. So a proposal to ensure no one with insurance has to shell out more than $35 a month for the life-or-death drug would probably be a no-brainer to support, right? Apparently, for Republicans, not so much! While the… Read Full Article