MN lawmakers urged to act now

The Star Tribune in Minnesota published an op-ed from DLC President Larry Smith urging Minnesotans to help people who can't afford their insulin today. Insulin access is too important an issue to be used for partisan or personal attacks.

The time for pointing fingers is over. Diabetes touches every family and every community in the state. While the nation grapples with the deeper flaws in our health care and coverage systems that drive up consumer costs for insulin and other prescription medicines, states and communities should be shoring up the safety nets.

You can read Larry's commentary in full here.

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