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wdym? like individual companies cap it for their own products? or cap it for individual ppl?
The cap on insulin cost is only for those with insurance. If you are uninsured, good luck. >

If you don't have some kind of insurance, even something like those GoodRx coupons, you're not paying for insulin, not for long anyway. When I was a teen (mid 00's) my dad went to go grab my insulin at the pharmacy and instead of the normal price they tried to charge him $2800 for a 2-week supply. It ended up being just a random glitch in their system and later they charged us the same normal price. But that would've been the cost for half a month's worth of one medication out of the nearly 6-8 others I need(ed) in conjunction. Getting sick past a cold/flu in America without insurance or free medical care at your disposal is a death sentence. And not only are you going to die, you're going to go flat broke doing it. >

Most insulin caps are just caps on personal expenditures, meaning that companies actually have no reason to charge less for insulin. They're still raking in the profits, it's just that medicare or insurance picking up the tab. We have not solved the problem of insulin being overpriced, we have just spread its cost over everybody.