Will create a pilot grant program for states to identify uninsured diabetes patients and provide them insulin at $35 a month.

Creates a pilot grant program for 10 states to implement programs to identify uninsured diabetes patients and provide them with insulin at $35 a month.

Shaheen's INSULIN Act would create a 10-state pilot grant program to help uninsured diabetes patients obtain insulin at $35 per month.

ICYMI: Shaheen Details Efforts to Make Insulin Affordable on A Starting Point
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Fourteen Senators from each party now cosponsor the Shaheen-led bill to lower insulin costs for Americans with and without insurance.

The Shaheen-led INSULIN Act includes a program intended to lower insulin costs for uninsured Americans, matching the existing pilot grant commitment.

Shaheen Announces 2 New Cosponsors of Bipartisan Bill to Cap Monthly Insulin Costs at $35, Bringing Total to 28 Bipartisan Senators
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In the lookback window, Axios reported that the Senate health committee gave the insulin measure bipartisan backing by a 15-8 vote when offered as an amendment, but Chairman Bill Cassidy postponed a vote on the underlying measure and said details still needed work. The report says the bill would create a 10-state pilot for uninsured people.

Latest-window evidence shows real committee movement, but not enactment or implementation of the uninsured insulin pilot grant program as of July 8, 2026.

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Insulin cost cap gets another look in Congress
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Shaheen's Senate office announced that Shaheen, Collins, Warnock, and Kennedy introduced the INSULIN Act. The announcement says the bill would cap insulin costs for private and employer insurance and create a pilot grant program for 10 states to identify uninsured diabetes patients and provide insulin at $35 a month.

This is a concrete official attempt matching the commitment, but it is an introduced bill announcement rather than proof that the grant program was created.

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Senators Shaheen, Collins, Warnock, Kenn... | U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen
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The posted bill text says the Secretary shall conduct a five-year pilot program awarding grants to 10 states to provide affordable insulin to uninsured individuals, defines affordable insulin as not more than $35 per one-month supply, and authorizes $100 million for fiscal year 2027.

The bill text contains the promised pilot structure, funding authorization, and $35 monthly standard, but it remains proposed legislation in the source provided.

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INSULIN Act of 2026 Bill Text
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At a Senate HELP Committee Member Day, Collins and Shaheen previewed the INSULIN Act. Shaheen's transcribed remarks said the bill would cap employer and private insurance insulin at $35 a month and create a pilot program providing $35-a-month insulin for uninsured diabetes patients.

Official committee-related advocacy by Shaheen before introduction supports serious effort, but not delivery of the program.

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Senators Collins, Shaheen Preview INSULIN Act at U.S. Senate's First Ever Member Day
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AP reported that the bipartisan INSULIN Act introduced by Shaheen, Warnock, Collins, and Kennedy would cap private-insurance insulin costs and start a pilot program for uninsured Americans in 10 states. The story also noted the legislation faced hurdles, including cost concerns and competing congressional priorities.

Independent reporting corroborates the proposal and indicates it had not yet overcome legislative hurdles.

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Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs
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The enacted Inflation Reduction Act added Medicare Part D and Part B insulin cost protections, including a $35 applicable copayment amount for covered insulin products, but those cited sections apply through Medicare rather than creating the 10-state uninsured-patient pilot grant program described in this commitment.

Earlier federal law partially addressed insulin affordability for Medicare beneficiaries, but it did not deliver Shaheen's specific uninsured pilot grant commitment.

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H.R. 5376, Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 - enrolled bill text
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