BALDWIN'S BIPARTISAN BILL TO CAP INSULIN COSTS AT $35 PER MONTH FOR MILLIONS ADVANCES IN THE SENATE

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) voted for and helped advance legislation to cap the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 per month out of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. The Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, legislation Senator Baldwin cosponsors, now heads to the Senate floor for consideration by the full Senate.

"Wisconsin families are feeling the weight of rising costs across the board - and for the half a million Wisconsinites with diabetes, the cost of insulin is one more thing stretching their budgets," said Senator Baldwin. "There is no reason these...