Will establish an insulin resource center and hotline for uninsured diabetes patients.

Establishes an insulin resource center and hotline for uninsured diabetes patients to connect them with resources about diabetes and programs to help them secure insulin.

Shaheen's INSULIN Act would establish a resource center and hotline to help uninsured diabetes patients find diabetes resources and insulin assistance programs.

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 support for uninsured diabetes patients, matching the existing commitment to establish an insulin resource center and hotline.

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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AP reports that a bill introduced by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen, Raphael Warnock, Susan Collins and John Kennedy would cap insulin at $35 per month for private insurance plans and start a pilot program to provide more affordable insulin to uninsured Americans in 10 states. AP also reports the legislation faces hurdles and competing priorities.

Latest concrete sign found: Shaheen is backing a new insulin affordability bill with an uninsured-patient pilot, but it is not yet enacted and does not establish the promised resource center or hotline.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Diabetes advocates cross their fingers as a bipartisan bill revives efforts to lower insulin costs
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Congress.gov lists Sen. Jeanne Shaheen as sponsor of S.1269, the INSULIN Act of 2023. The latest action was referral to the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 25, 2023, and the tracker status is Introduced. The CRS summary says the bill would cap private insurance insulin cost-sharing beginning in 2025.

Shaheen took concrete legislative action on insulin affordability, but the bill remained introduced and did not create an insulin resource center or hotline for uninsured patients.

unresolved same_term A for effort

S.1269 - INSULIN Act of 2023
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Medicare.gov says Medicare covers insulin in different situations and that beneficiaries pay no more than $35 for a one-month supply of each Part B- and Part D-covered insulin product, with no deductible for insulin.

The enacted federal insulin cap delivers partial affordability relief for Medicare beneficiaries, but it does not cover uninsured patients and is not a resource center or hotline.

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Insulin
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The Senate roll call shows H.R. 5376, as amended, passed 50-50 with the Vice President voting yea. The alphabetical vote list records Shaheen (D-NH) voting Yea.

Shaheen voted for the Inflation Reduction Act vehicle that enacted Medicare insulin cost limits, showing effort on insulin costs but not delivery of the uninsured hotline/resource-center commitment.

partial same_term A for effort

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote 117th Congress - 2nd Session, Vote 325
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Congress.gov lists S.3700 as the Affordable Insulin Now Act. Its latest action was referral to the Senate Finance Committee on February 17, 2022, and the status is Introduced. The CRS summary says it would cap cost-sharing for insulin under private health insurance and Medicare Part D.

This related insulin-cost legislation did not advance beyond introduction and did not establish a resource center or hotline for uninsured diabetes patients.

never same_term A for effort

S.3700 - Affordable Insulin Now Act
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Teen Vogue reported that the Inflation Reduction Act capped insulin costs for Medicare recipients but did not address wider issues or cover uninsured patients, and that advocates were frustrated by the lack of effective measures for uninsured diabetics.

Secondary reporting supports the gap: enacted insulin relief left uninsured patients without the promised direct resource-center/hotline solution.

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Insulin Legislation Is Leaving Out Many Diabetics: What to Know
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