Capping Patients’ Insulin Costs on Agenda in Several States

State lawmakers around the country are following Colorado’s lead in filing legislation that would place a cap on monthly insulin copays for diabetics.

An Illinois bill (S.B. 667) creating a copay cap for insulin is currently awaiting the signature of Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D), who has said he will sign it. Legislatures in at least eight other states have already drafted insulin copay price-cap bills to be considered in the 2020 session.

Lawmakers in another six states are writing insulin copay bills that have not yet been finalized, according to diabetes advocacy groups that track state legislative activity. ...