Senate Finance Launches Bipartisan Probe Of Insulin Price Increases

By John Wilkerson / February 22, 2019 at 6:02 PM
The Senate Finance Committee launched Friday (Feb. 22) a bipartisan investigation into rising insulin prices. The probe adds to the already long list of activities on insulin prices. Last month, House Energy & Commerce Democrats started a similar investigation following two simultaneous hearings -- one by Finance -- that highlighted challenges faced by parents of children with Type-1 diabetes due to high insulin prices. In November, Senate Special Committee on Aging Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)...


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