How to lower insulin prices without Democrats’ big government price controls

Published August 18, 2022 10:00am ET



The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” that Democrats just passed is really a climate and healthcare spending bill. One of the most consequential healthcare provisions included in the bill is a limit on out-of-pocket prices Medicare beneficiaries can pay for insulin, capping their copays at $35. Republicans voted against expanding this quasi-price-control beyond Medicare to all private health insurance and opposed the broader measure as well.

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