Gov. Gavin Newsom says 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.

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.

  • frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io
    43·
    12 days ago

    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.

    • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      35·
      12 days ago

      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

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    13·
    12 days ago

    Can you imagine going broke paying for a life-saving drug knowing that elsewhere in your country, the law dictates that people can get it for cheap?

    • 草泥馬@mander.xyzEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      Can you imagine going broke paying for a life-saving drug knowing that elsewhere in your planet, the law dictates that people can get it for cheap?

      • ch00f@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 days ago

        I mean the difference here is that you can there’s no immigration paperwork necessary to move states. You just drive/bus/walk.

  • Optional@lemmy.world
    8·
    12 days ago

    Lefties, your hate for Newsom needs to result in something because if things continue like this he’s less than three years away from being the candidate.

    Unfortunately I think it’s just going to result in bitching about him non-stop and then refusing to vote again.

    • explodicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      11 days ago

      I really want the Democrats to win, and those leftists seem like a significant percentage of voters. So I’ll vote to nominate someone far left who gets their votes in the general, not the moderates who voted for Trump anyways. The primary is in the future so we can still obtain this huge number of leftist votes.

      I wish they would just vote Democratic anyways. They’re close enough to my beliefs that I expect their support. But I already know how they will behave as a large group, and can only change my own votes.

      • Optional@lemmy.world
        2·
        11 days ago

        That, at least, is a plan of action. And, one of the benefits is you’ll finally cut loose the vast majority of “middle” America that doesn’t live near any people who look or act different from them.

        We’ll think of it as a rebuilding cycle in the crush of literal no-shit fascism. I mean, there are worse ideas being bandied about here.