Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices.
But California won’t be the only state making lower-cost insulin available. The nonprofit Civica said it will also distribute its economical diabetes medication to pharmacies nationwide. California began partnering with Civica in 2023 for its “CalRx” brand of insulin and put $50 million toward its development, the company said.
Starting in the new year, insulin pens will be available at a recommended price of $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack, Civica said.
Wait, you’re telling me they are providing cheaper prescriptions, and no one in the governor’s family is profiting off it, and his name isn’t attached to the company? How could this be.
Doing something good for your constituents has to be one of the lowest bars for a politician, and yet we have to celebrate it, because the bare fucking minimum is still too hard for most of them
It’s part of Newsom’s presidential campaign.
I mean… that’s a good fucking sell still.
I don’t have any illusions he doesn’t want to get higher up. I don’t have any illusions that he’d motorboat a few billionaires to get richer. But right now any step in the right direction is a far better situation than we’re in right now.
Agreed. I won’t complain about a good thing being done. I was just speaking to what I believe the “why” behind it was, given the person I replied to was, facetiously I’m guessing, expressing incredulity that Newsom was doing something that doesn’t immediately line his pockets.
He… has to be making money off this… somehow. Drugs for the people? Is he EVEN a POLITICIAN??!?
He’ll make the money in presidential campaign donations, I’m sure he’ll find a way to profit. He’s better than the Trump crowd for sure, but he’s no leftist.
Not a leftist? Does that mean he actually knows how to balance the budget and be pragmatic to achieve progress?
Sign me up!
He’ll also continue to prioritize corporations over humans because they’re people too and they’re richer people. Is what I mean by not a leftist.