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AttemptedHealth Care & Prescription Drug Costs

Enact legislation to cap out-of-pocket insulin costs at $35 a month for everyone who needs it, not just Medicare patients (Affordable Insulin Now Act).

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AttemptedFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

All three cited sources were fetched and verify. (1) kennedy.senate.gov (PRIMARY) confirms verbatim that the Affordable Insulin Now Act, "which Kennedy and Warnock first introduced in 2023, would ensure that every American—with or without health insurance—has access to a 30-day supply of insulin for no more than $35 per month," and explicitly frames both bills as introduced proposals, not enacted law. (2) WRDW (REPUTABLE_SECONDARY) confirms the verbatim headline "Sen. Warnock backs bill that would cap insulin at $35 for many Americans" and that "If passed, the bill would be expected to take effect at the start of 2027" — i.e., still a proposal; the rating's bracketed language is accurate interpretation, not fabrication. (3) warnock.senate.gov (PRIMARY) confirms the verbatim headline "Senators Reverend Warnock, Kennedy Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Cap Insulin Costs at $35 a Month for Everyone," dated March 23, 2023, with the confirmed quote "No one should feel forced to put their health or life in danger because they can't afford their insulin." The promise was to ENACT a universal (non-Medicare) $35 cap; primary sources confirm the legislation remains unpassed as of 2026, so the promised result was not achieved. The sources also show genuine, sustained leadership (authored, introduced, reintroduced), which correctly separates this from IGNORED. ATTEMPTED is a conservative, well-supported outcome that does not overstate the evidence; it is upheld.

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