I ran for Congress because, as a doctor, I saw that Washington and big insurance made life harder for the very people I was trying to heal. That fight started with House Rule 6833, the Affordable Insulin Now Act, capping insulin costs at $35 a month, one of my first and most important votes. I was one of only 12 Republicans to cross party lines and vote for it. It’s on the record, full stop.
An ad from 314 Action, a group backed by the very big insurance groups I am fighting to lower your premiums and prescription drug costs, centers on a vote against the Inflation Reduction Act, which included an insulin cap that I supported. But the $740 billion bill also included $80 billion in taxpayer dollars to expand the IRS and a wave of new spending and tax increases at a time when inflation had hit a 40-year high. And here’s what 314 Action won’t tell you: that I voted to cap insulin at $35, and the IRA did not broadly lower prescription drug prices for the average American.
