Shaheen Highlights Bipartisan Bill to Cap the Cost of Insulin at Health Care Roundtable, Visits Projects for Which She Secured Funding and Talks Tariffs with Local Business on “Affordability Action Tour”

**Shaheen’s bipartisan legislation caps the monthly out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 for Americans with insurance and creates a pilot program to provide insulin at the same price to the uninsured** (Hudson, NH) – Today, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), co-chair of the U.S. Senate Diabetes Caucus , continued her “Affordability Action Tour” with a roundtable discussion on the high cost of insulin at the Jean School of Nursing at St. Anselm College. The Senator also visited Nashua Community College to hear about efforts to prepare Granite State students for high demand jobs, including through programs for which Shaheen secured federal funding . Shaheen ended the day at W.H. Bagshaw Company to talk with Granite Staters about how tariffs, inflation and rising input costs have impacted their operations. Photos from today’s events can be found HERE. At the Jean School of Nursing at St. Anselm College, Shaheen convened a roundtable with Manchester health care leaders, nurses and Granite Staters living with diabetes to discuss the barriers too many individuals face in accessing affordable insulin. Shaheen highlighted how her bipartisan INSULIN Act would help make insulin more accessible by capping the monthly-out-of-pocket costs at $35 for Americans with insurance. Critically, Shaheen’s bipartisan bill would create a pilot program to make affordable insulin more accessible for Americans without insurance. “I know firsthand how difficult it has become to afford the lifesaving insulin so many patients fighting diabetes require daily just to stay alive. By capping the out-of-pocket cost of insulin at $35 a month, my bipartisan INSULIN Act will address this issue—lowering health care costs for millions of families across our country,” said Senator Shaheen. “Health care costs continue to rise in this country, yet President Trump has done nothing to fix it. My INSULIN Act does, and I’m committed to getting it passed in my final year in Congress.” As co-chair of the U.S. Senate Diabetes Caucus, Senator Shaheen has consistently pressed to hold insulin manufacturers, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers accountable for the skyrocketing cost of lifesaving insulin and otherwise support patients and families facing diabetes. Later, Shaheen visited Nashua Community College (NCC) to discuss their efforts preparing Granite Staters for high demand jobs in key sectors—including at NCC’s Early Childhood Education Lab, Air Traffic Control Lab and Soldering Bootcamp. “The work of Nashua Community College to equip future generations of Granite State students with the skills they need to fill gaps in high demand sectors, from air traffic control to child care, is vital to our local economies,” said Senator Shaheen. “I was proud to secure federal funding to support these programs, which will increase the supply of workers in key sectors, such as child care, and lower costs for Granite State families.” Shaheen secured $933,500 in Congressionally Directed Spending in Fiscal Year (FY) 26 funding legislation to support the college’s Early Childhood Center, which aims to improve the availability of high-quality childcare. Shaheen also secured $192,000 in FY23 Congressionally Directed Spending for the NCC Soldering Bootcamp to equip students with the education and hands-on skill development they need to enter the workforce and power local Granite State economies. Shaheen concluded the day at W.H. Bagshaw, a historic, family-owned Granite State business and the nation’s oldest pin manufacturer that recently opened a newly renovated manufacturing facility in Hudson. During their discussion and tour of the facility, Shaheen raised how businesses across the Granite State are struggling to manage the economic fallouts of the President’s war in Iran, including rising inflation and higher input costs, on top of the Administration’s reckless tariffs. "President Trump’s reckless tariffs and war in Iran are making everything more expensive for Granite State businesses and their employees,” said Senator Shaheen. “W.H. Bagshaw, like so many family-owned businesses in our state, is having to contend with these added costs. I was glad to see their new facility today and discuss how Congress can better support the good jobs created by Granite State businesses, including by addressing the high cost of housing and child care.” As the former Chair of the U.S. Senate Small Business Committee, Shaheen has championed efforts to support New Hampshire’s small businesses and entrepreneurs. That includes helping lead efforts in Congress to mitigate the harmful impacts of President Trump's tariffs on Main Street. Shaheen has traveled across the Granite State to discuss the impact of tariffs on New Hampshire’s tourism industry and to visit businesses impacted by President Trump’s trade war. Earlier this year, Shaheen led the introduction of the Speedy Tariff Refund Act , legislation that would require full refunds of President Trump’s illegal tariffs after they were struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court by a 6-3 vote. ###