Who Voted Against the $35 insulin cap?
The most recent vote was on August 7th in the US Senate. The 57-43 vote on this proposal didn't have enough votes to advance.
43 Republican senators voted against capping the price of insulin at $35 per month for millions of insulin dependent patients. Seven Republicans joined Democrats in supporting the price cap, but that wasn’t enough bipartisan support to pass. Some of the states with the highest mortality rates for diabetes, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, include Arkansas, Oklahoma and Tennessee were represented by Senators who voted against the $35 cap.
What was on the table?
Some 7 million Americans require insulin daily. A recent Yale University study found that 14% of those insulin users spend more than 40% of their income after food and housing costs on the medicine.
The list price of insulin has gone from about $20 per vial in 1996, when Humalog entered the market, to an average $275 per vial today with in some instances a month supply running anywhere from $300 to $1,000. The surging costs have made it difficult to access this drug that millions of diabetics need.
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What are they saying?
“Republicans have just gone on the record in favor of expensive insulin,” said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). “After years of tough talk about taking on insulin makers, Republicans have once against wilted in the face of heat from Big Pharma."
"The only way it doesn’t pass is if folks on the other side of the aisle decide to block it,” said Sen. Raphael G. Warnock (D-Ga.), who had previously put forward legislation calling for a price cap.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, (D-NY, wrote in a tweet: "We've already seen far too many people risk their lives and health by rationing insulin they can't afford. It's unconscionable that we're letting this tragedy continue."
Who voted against?
The U.S. Senate approved the Inflation Reduction Act on Aug. 7, a $430 billion bill intended to fight climate change, lower drug prices, and raise some corporate taxes (here) but did not advance with the $35 insulin cap attached. Who voted against the cap?
The 43 incumbents who voted against the price cap are:
- John Barrasso, WY
- Marsha Blackburn, TN
- Roy Blunt, MO
- John Boozman, AR
- Mike Braun, IN
- Richard Burr, NC
- Shelly Moore Capito, WV
- John Cornyn, TX
- Tom Cotton, AR
- Kevin Cramer, ND
- Mike Crapo, ID
- Ted Cruz, TX
- Steve Daines, MT
- Joni Ernst, IA
- Deb Fischer, NE
- Lindsey Graham, SC
- Chuck Grassley, IA
- Bill Hagerty, TN
- John Hoeven, ND
- Jim Inhofe, OK
- Ron Johnson, WI
- James Lankford, OK
- Mike Lee, UT
- Cynthia Lummis, WY
- Roger Marshall, KS
- Mitch McConnell, KY
- Jerry Moran, KS
- Rand Paul, KY
- Rob Portman, OH
- Jim Risch, ID
- Mitt Romney, UT
- Mike Rounds, SD
- Marco Rubio, FL
- Ben Sasse, NE
- Rick Scott, FL
- Tim Scott, SC
- Richard Shelby, AL
- John Thune, SD
- Thom Tillis, NC
- Patrick Toomey, PA
- Tommy Tuberville, AL
- Roger Wicker, MS
- Todd Young, IN
Seven Republicans—Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, osh Hawley of Missouri, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, John Kennedy of Louisiana, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Dan Sullivan of Alaska—voted with all 50 Democrats to preserve the provision, that fell shy of the 60 votes needed to preserve the provision and it was ultimately cut from the bill.
17 of the incumbents who voted against the $35 price cap are up for reelection on November 8, 2022. Here are the challengers working to replace these incumbents on the ballot this November.
- Thomas McDermott Jr
- Brian Bengs
- Charles Booker
- Cheri Beasley
- David Roth
- John Fetterman
- Katrina Christiansen
- Krystle Matthews
- Madison Horn
- Mandela Barnes
- Mark R. Holland
- Michael Franken
- Natalie James
- Tim Ryan
- Trudy Busch Valentine
- Val Demmings
- Will Boyd
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