This wouldn’t have prevented CA from moving forward with their insulin, and would have helped diabetics in the meantime (or in case that plan falls through in the end).
He’s been vetoing anything remotely controversial, mostly on the progressive side as he tries to push more centrist for a presidential run, and it sucks.
For anyone curious why one of the most progressive governors would do this…
It was a $35 cap on copays, not on the drug itself. Does not help the uninsured and the insured would just have higher rates instead.
CA is literally going to produce their own insulin, $30. No insurance, no bullshit.
This wouldn’t have prevented CA from moving forward with their insulin, and would have helped diabetics in the meantime (or in case that plan falls through in the end).
He’s been vetoing anything remotely controversial, mostly on the progressive side as he tries to push more centrist for a presidential run, and it sucks.
$30 is still incredibly expensive for something that some people need just to survive.
A good step forward, but not a big one.