Hopefully others follow suit because it should not have taken us this long to make sure people don’t die
Fiernen699 on
But I was told socialized medicine was bad!
SnooRobots8901 on
That’s cool
But why did you veto universal healthcare for CA? 😮💨
Captainkirkandcrew59 on
Gavin – PLEASE run for president in 2028!
oneeyejedi on
As it should insulin has been around for a very long time and it cost pennies to make. Sad a life saving drug is out of reach for so many simply because of greed.
JangSaverem on
Ok but can they ship it…asking for a friend
soccercro3 on
Reminder. The original owners of the insulin patent sold it for $1 ($19.28 in 2025 money) because they felt life saving medicine like this should be available for everybody who needs it.
skepticaluser1234 on
But my tax dollars?!?! I dont want to pay for someone else’s health care!
Seriously tho good on the california government for making that happen. I’m sure reasonable people are willing to pay a few more dollars in taxes if it means affordable health care for themselves and their neighbors.
AQ207 on
This is what Dems in blue states need to be doing. Cause morons always talk about how bad things are in “blue states” and then we can be like “cheap medicine? Affordable housing?”
Conscious-Quarter423 on
Register to vote by Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Find your voting options at sos.ca.gov/elections.
But, that will make life easier for people. We don’t want that! Especially if they are different!
Motha fucking /s.
boylong15 on
It probably cheaper to fly to cali from dallas and buy a month worth of insulant and come back
Conscious-Quarter423 on
but but both sides are the same
Kaffe-Mumriken on
Cue “I HATE NEWSOM BUT …” in 5 4 3 …
Robozomb on
Waiting for some right wingers to tell me how this is actually a bad thing.
Secure_Guest_6171 on
WTF took so long? The patent was essentially given away a CENTURY ago.
“Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world” – Dr Frederick Banting, 1923
El_Matt-El_Grande on
How dare he? That means people I don’t like can afford to live longer /s
davebrose on
And this is why I’ll vote blue
Fatefire on
Not going to lie this is great. It’s for newer style insulins and for a price that is really affordable . More states need to get on board with this if possible !
Adventurous_Mine_434 on
11$? Affordable? *looks askance from Europe where it’s actually free.*
PerryNeeum on
Communism!!!!
AtlanticPortal on
But that’s socialism! /s
KyotoCrank on
That shit is gonna get smuggled across state lines just watch
big_d_usernametaken on
Didn’t Biden have insulin capped at $35 and Trump reversed it?
Or am I thinking of something else?
Sinisterminister77 on
Wow this is incredible
user-unknown-404 on
Gonna be cheaper for some ppl to just buy a round way trip there just to stock up on it.
coldfirestorm on
Good to hear they trying to reduces prices.
The economist have an interest story about why Americans have higher drug prices more broadly. Some highlights from the article:
“Anyone familiar with the country’s byzantine health system knows that inefficiencies and rents abound. Yet these tend to be concentrated not among drugmakers, but further along the supply chain. Our analysis of 220 listed health-care firms finds that three-fifths of the excess profits, defined as those that are above a 10% return on capital, are taken by others, including hospitals, and middlemen, such as insurers, distributors and pharmacy-benefit managers. Three pbms handled nearly 80% of prescription claims last year; some of them are being investigated for uncompetitive behaviour. Cracking open the sector and encouraging competition would help bring costs down.
“To answer the question, it helps to grasp why American patients pay more. They are not being ripped off on a grand scale by feckless foreigners. Many European governments buy drugs at the national level, because their health systems are publicly run. But they do so on the basis of a calculation of the value each drug provides, measured by the improvement it offers both to the length and the quality of a patient’s life.
This value is often low enough for patients elsewhere to have worse access to new drugs than Americans do. Between 2014 and 2022 one in five medicines approved by Uncle Sam never won approval in Europe, and nearly half were not approved by Japan. Of those cleared in all three places, more than two-thirds were first approved in America—nearly six months before Europe, on average, and almost three years before Japan.”
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Hopefully others follow suit because it should not have taken us this long to make sure people don’t die
But I was told socialized medicine was bad!
That’s cool
But why did you veto universal healthcare for CA? 😮💨
Gavin – PLEASE run for president in 2028!
As it should insulin has been around for a very long time and it cost pennies to make. Sad a life saving drug is out of reach for so many simply because of greed.
Ok but can they ship it…asking for a friend
Reminder. The original owners of the insulin patent sold it for $1 ($19.28 in 2025 money) because they felt life saving medicine like this should be available for everybody who needs it.
But my tax dollars?!?! I dont want to pay for someone else’s health care!
Seriously tho good on the california government for making that happen. I’m sure reasonable people are willing to pay a few more dollars in taxes if it means affordable health care for themselves and their neighbors.
This is what Dems in blue states need to be doing. Cause morons always talk about how bad things are in “blue states” and then we can be like “cheap medicine? Affordable housing?”
Register to vote by Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Find your voting options at sos.ca.gov/elections.
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But, that will make life easier for people. We don’t want that! Especially if they are different!
Motha fucking /s.
It probably cheaper to fly to cali from dallas and buy a month worth of insulant and come back
but but both sides are the same
Cue “I HATE NEWSOM BUT …” in 5 4 3 …
Waiting for some right wingers to tell me how this is actually a bad thing.
WTF took so long? The patent was essentially given away a CENTURY ago.
“Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world” – Dr Frederick Banting, 1923
How dare he? That means people I don’t like can afford to live longer /s
And this is why I’ll vote blue
Not going to lie this is great. It’s for newer style insulins and for a price that is really affordable . More states need to get on board with this if possible !
11$? Affordable? *looks askance from Europe where it’s actually free.*
Communism!!!!
But that’s socialism! /s
That shit is gonna get smuggled across state lines just watch
Didn’t Biden have insulin capped at $35 and Trump reversed it?
Or am I thinking of something else?
Wow this is incredible
Gonna be cheaper for some ppl to just buy a round way trip there just to stock up on it.
Good to hear they trying to reduces prices.
The economist have an interest story about why Americans have higher drug prices more broadly. Some highlights from the article:
“Anyone familiar with the country’s byzantine health system knows that inefficiencies and rents abound. Yet these tend to be concentrated not among drugmakers, but further along the supply chain. Our analysis of 220 listed health-care firms finds that three-fifths of the excess profits, defined as those that are above a 10% return on capital, are taken by others, including hospitals, and middlemen, such as insurers, distributors and pharmacy-benefit managers. Three pbms handled nearly 80% of prescription claims last year; some of them are being investigated for uncompetitive behaviour. Cracking open the sector and encouraging competition would help bring costs down.
“To answer the question, it helps to grasp why American patients pay more. They are not being ripped off on a grand scale by feckless foreigners. Many European governments buy drugs at the national level, because their health systems are publicly run. But they do so on the basis of a calculation of the value each drug provides, measured by the improvement it offers both to the length and the quality of a patient’s life.
This value is often low enough for patients elsewhere to have worse access to new drugs than Americans do. Between 2014 and 2022 one in five medicines approved by Uncle Sam never won approval in Europe, and nearly half were not approved by Japan. Of those cleared in all three places, more than two-thirds were first approved in America—nearly six months before Europe, on average, and almost three years before Japan.”
https://www.economist.com/leaders/2025/10/02/donald-trumps-cure-for-drug-prices-is-worse-than-the-disease?giftId=8285c757-72bc-4b34-bd21-c7f67f0c9813&utm_campaign=gifted_article
Saved people their monthly trip to Mexico.
(I am assuming it has historically been cheaper in Mexico. I don’t know shit.)
This is exactly what should be happening.
I used to get insulin over the counter at Walmart pharmacy for about $20. It sucked, but it was cheap.