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Whidbey Island rep wants to reduce sky-high costs for EpiPens, inhalers
OLYMPIA — Rep. Dave Paul has seen the cost of his family’s life-saving medications skyrocket in recent years.
Two of his four children live with asthma while another has food allergies, making inhalers and epinephrine auto-injectors, or EpiPens, a must-have at all times.
On Monday, a two-pack of EpiPens at the Safeway Pharmacy in Everett cost $389 without insurance. A 30-day supply of a generic albuterol inhaler cost $78 without insurance.
House Bill 1979, sponsored by Paul, would put a cap on the costs of inhalers and EpiPens so customers with insurance would only have to pay $35 out of pocket.
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/whidbey-island-rep-wants-to-reduce-sky-high-costs-for-epipens-inhalers/