But the company's move also drew skepticism as advocates remain wary of the limitations of Wednesday's pledge and of Eli Lilly's commitment to keeping prices low, particularly given the pharmaceutical giant's history of, Eli Lilly states that "government restrictions exclude people enrolled in federal government insurance programs from Lilly's $35 solutions.
Additionally, Eli Lilly's 70% price cut for Humalog—the company's most commonly prescribed insulin product—won't take effect until the fourth quarter of this year, "giving Lilly seven more months of high prices even as they are lauded for their corporate responsibility,""And since Lilly caps out-of-pocket costs to patients but not necessarily prices charged to insurance companies," Kuttner addedSuch caveats led campaigners to emphasize the necessity of federal...
"Insulin manufacturers have shown time and time again that they will put their CEOs' profits over patients' lives,"
Its pretty clear to me as to who the most likely unoffical candidate for president is. Who better continues to verbally & administratively represent the expanding ranks of the marginalized & disenfranchised sectors of the US as capitalism continues to route the working poor.