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Insulin Is Expensive. How California Is Bringing Prices Down | KQED Forum

Starting in January, Californians will be able to buy discounted insulin from the state. That’s thanks to CalRx, the state-run drug label created in 2020 that partners with manufacturers to slash generic prescription drug prices. CalRx already offers the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone for about half the market price and other medications, including asthma inhalers, could be next. We’ll talk about whether this effort could ease the prescription drug affordability crisis and bolster the supply of crucial medications. Guests: April Dembosky, health correspondent, KQED News Dr. Mariana Socal, associate professor of health policy and management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Chris Noble, organizing director, Health Access California; member, CalRx Insulin Patient Advisory Council Support for Forum is provided in part by the Osher Production Fund. 👉Subscribe and watch a new episode of Forum every week: www.youtube.com/kqednews?=sub_1 Follow us on: Instagram - @kqed_forum //   / kqed_forum   Facebook - KQED Forum //   / kqedforum   Bluesky - @kqedforum.bsky.social // https://bsky.app/profile/kqedforum.bs... Discord -   / discord   About Forum: Forum tells remarkable and true stories about who we are and where we live. In the first hour, Alexis Madrigal convenes the diverse voices of the Bay Area, before turning to Mina Kim for the second hour to chronicle and center Californians’ experience. In an increasingly divided world, Mina and Alexis host conversations that inform, challenge and unify listeners with big ideas and different viewpoints.