Rep. Elijah Cummings Releases Report on the Soaring Prices of Diabetes Drugs in his District
May 1, 2019
Elijah Cummings courtesy photo Catonsville, MD – Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a Committee Staff Report on the prices of diabetes drugs for seniors and the uninsured in Maryland’s 7th Congressional District. More than 30 million people in the United States, including more than one in four seniors, have diabetes. Patients with diabetes rely on prescription drugs, including insulin, to help manage their conditions. “For people with diabetes, access to their medications is a matter of life and death. In spite of this, drug companies have repeatedly increased the price
