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What if the price cap was set at whatever Canadians pay for insulin?

It seems like insulin is a lot more affordable there and it's obviously an economically sustainable rate because companies keep selling it to Canada.

How much does it cost in Canada anyways?



Fast Acting Humalog 1000 unit (10 ml) vials cost CAD $40.34 = USD $28.73 in Alberta. Anyone can get Blue Cross from the government which is CAD $720 a year. Then each 3 month supply of a prescription like insulin has a co-pay of $28 a quarter, for however many vials you need. I last used Lantus 24 hour insulin in 2020, when it was around CAD $60, but the government has been switching to biosimilar brands and providing free insulin pumps and supplies including test strips, which only use fast acting insulins. Lantus is most similar to this California insulin.




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