Health Care
Washington – The U.S. House on Friday approved an ambitious bill that would dramatically lower the cost of popular drugs, like insulin and other commonly prescribed medications, for Medicare patients and other Americans.
All Connecticut House members voted for the bill, and three of them — Reps. John Larson, D-1st District, Joe Courtney, D-2nd District, and Jahana Hayes, D-5th District — were original co-sponsors.
The price of a new invention usually falls as more people adopt it, but prescription drug prices somehow defy gravity.
Connecticut residents, like all Americans, pay among the highest drug prices in the world, and prices keep climbing. We can't change the laws of physics, but we can and must change federal law to bring needed relief.