"ration insulin or go into debt to stay alive."
"California didn't wait for the pharmaceutical industry to do the right thing - we took matters into our own hands," Newsom said."
"This law ensures no family will be forced to choose between buying insulin and putting food on the table in California again," the bill's author, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), said in a statement."
California will offer state-branded generic insulin pens at a suggested consumer price of $11 per pen, sold in five-packs for $55 and available to pharmacies for $45, beginning Jan. 1. The program is the first state-led sale of prescription drugs under a state label and follows a $50 million contract with nonprofit Civica to produce the insulin. The state also capped insulin co-pays at $35 under Senate Bill 40. Uninsured insulin users currently may pay about $400 for a small vial. Officials expect the program to help reduce overall drug costs; the state previously sold naloxone below market price.
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