{"id":150387,"date":"2026-08-22T05:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/150387\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T05:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T05:45:10","slug":"letters-legislation-would-cap-the-monthly-cost-of-insulin-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/150387\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters: Legislation would cap the monthly cost of insulin | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For more than two decades as a pharmacist in New Orleans East, I have seen how difficult it can be for patients to afford the insulin they need to survive. Some have told me they take only half their prescribed dose to make a vial last longer. That is not a budgeting strategy; it is a medical emergency waiting to happen.<\/p>\n<p>People across Louisiana are being forced to choose between insulin, utility bills, groceries and gas. As a heart health advocate, I also know that the stress of affording lifesaving medication can place an additional burden on people who are already managing diabetes.<\/p>\n<p>Congress can help by passing the bipartisan Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now Act of 2026. The INSULIN Act would cap monthly out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 for people with private insurance and establish a pilot program to provide low-cost insulin to uninsured patients.<\/p>\n<p>I thank U.S.\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy.senate.gov\/public\/2026\/5\/kennedy-introduces-bill-to-lock-in-35-insulin-price-cap-for-all-americans-my-bill-saves-money\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sen. John Kennedy for supporting this legislation<\/a> and urge other elected officials to help move it forward.<\/p>\n<p>Insulin is not a luxury. Congress must act so that no Louisianan has to ration the medication that keeps them alive.<\/p>\n<p>ALISHA REED<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For more than two decades as a pharmacist in New Orleans East, I have seen how difficult it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":150388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[271],"tags":[272],"class_list":["post-150387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-novo-nordisk","tag-novo-nordisk"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/117137579855485305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}