More than a dozen Democrats are bringing people with sky-high insulin bills to the State of the Union
WASHINGTON — From the farmlands of Illinois to Florida’s Gulf Coast, insulin affordability advocates have spent the last year crashing town halls, penning op-eds, and even firing off snarky treatises to their members of Congress.
Their diligence is about to pay off: No fewer than 13 members of Congress, from the ultra-progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) to the moderate, once-Republican Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.), are planning to bring insulin affordability advocates as their guests for Tuesday’s State of the Union address, congressional staffers confirmed to STAT.
