Ben,

Grand Junction CO

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193 HEARTLESS BASTARDS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SAID NO TO CAPPING INSULIN COSTS. Most House Republicans voted against capping insulin costs. Most House Republicans, 193 out of 210, were on the other side of the debate. Ninety-two percent of the chamber’s GOP caucus voted “no.” Those “no” votes included House minority leader Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who could replace Pelosi as speaker of the House if his party prevails in this fall’s midterm election. And Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the Washington State Republican who, as her party’s ranking member on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, would be the key player on drug-pricing issues in a GOP-controlled House. Other notables included House minority whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and Republicans as distinct as Illinois’s Adam Kinzinger, who has broken with former President Trump and his party to serve as a thoughtful member of the January 6 committee, and Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Trump-defending, insurrectionist-coddling extremist from Georgia. Unfortunately, because they live in the United States, they are at the mercy of profiteering pharmaceutical companies that have been jacking up insulin prices at an exponential rate in recent years. “One vial of Humalog (insulin lispro), which used to cost $21 in 1999, costs $332 in 2019, reflecting a price increase of more than 1000%,” noted a 2020 commentary on drug costs from the Mayo Clinic. “In contrast, insulin prices in other developed countries, including neighboring Canada, have stayed the same.” c ws