{"id":1688,"date":"2023-03-13T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T19:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-joins-push-to-crack-down-on-pharmaceutical-greed-cap-price-of-insulin\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T14:11:55","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T18:11:55","slug":"merkley-joins-push-to-crack-down-on-pharmaceutical-greed-cap-price-of-insulin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-joins-push-to-crack-down-on-pharmaceutical-greed-cap-price-of-insulin\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley se une a la campa\u00f1a para tomar medidas en\u00e9rgicas contra la avaricia farmac\u00e9utica y el precio m\u00e1ximo de la insulina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC \u2013 El senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, se uni\u00f3 a sus colegas de ambas c\u00e1maras del Congreso para introducir una legislaci\u00f3n bicameral que limitar\u00eda el precio de lista de la insulina a no m\u00e1s de $20 por vial. El <i>Ley de Insulina para Todos de 2023<\/i> reducir\u00eda sustancialmente el costo de este medicamento que salva vidas para m\u00e1s de 7 millones de personas que usan insulina en los Estados Unidos y los 1,3 millones de estadounidenses que se vieron obligados a racionar la insulina el a\u00f1o pasado.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&quot;Las grandes farmac\u00e9uticas contin\u00faan obteniendo ganancias r\u00e9cord al estafar a los pacientes con los precios de la insulina&quot;. <b>dijo Merkley<\/b>. \u201cLos precios elevados e inasequibles est\u00e1n obligando a los pacientes a racionar su insulina, lo que tiene consecuencias nefastas para la salud: ataques card\u00edacos, accidentes cerebrovasculares, ceguera, insuficiencia renal, enfermedades de los pies y amputaciones, e incluso la muerte. Es tr\u00e1gico, inaceptable y es hora de poner fin a esta estafa. Nadie deber\u00eda tener que ir a la quiebra s\u00f3lo para poder pagar los medicamentos diarios que necesita para mantenerse saludable. Es hora de poner a la gente por encima de las ganancias y decirle a las grandes compa\u00f1\u00edas farmac\u00e9uticas que sus d\u00edas de extorsionar a los estadounidenses que necesitan insulina para sobrevivir han terminado\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mientras que Eli Lilly and Company, despu\u00e9s de una importante presi\u00f3n p\u00fablica, recientemente&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19207QQQ63503596QQQ11746202QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sanders.senate.gov%2fpress-releases%2fnews-chairman-sanders-applauds-public-pressure-for-forcing-eli-lilly-to-reduce-cost-of-insulin-by-70-sends-letters-to-remaining-companies-to-follow-suit%2f&amp;redir_log=55662470061388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anunciado<\/a>&nbsp;un recorte de precios del 70 por ciento para Humalog, la compa\u00f1\u00eda a\u00fan no se ha movido para reducir el precio de otros productos de insulina. Novo Nordisk y Sanofi, que junto con Eli Lilly representan el 90 por ciento del mercado de insulina en los EE. UU., no se han comprometido a bajar sus precios en absoluto. Cuando Eli Lilly lanz\u00f3 por primera vez Humalog en 1996, fij\u00f3 el precio cerca de $20.<\/p>\n<p>Si bien los investigadores estiman que la fabricaci\u00f3n de un vial de insulina cuesta solo $8, el precio de la insulina ha aumentado m\u00e1s de un 1000 por ciento desde 1996. Lantus de Sanofi cuesta $292 por vial. Novolog de Novo Nordisk se incluye en $289. Lyumjev de Eli Lilly se puede comprar por $275. Las personas con diabetes enfrentan casi $17,000 por a\u00f1o en gastos m\u00e9dicos, m\u00e1s de la mitad de los cuales son directamente atribuibles a su diabetes, y la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para las personas con diabetes representa uno de cada cuatro d\u00f3lares de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica en los EE. UU.<\/p>\n<p>El senador Merkley lleva a\u00f1os luchando por <a href=\"\/es\/merkley.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-durbin-introduce-legislation-to-end-price-gouging-for-insulin-2019\/\">Aumento del precio final de la insulina<\/a> y otros medicamentos recetados por <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-welch-colleagues-press-biden-administration-to-stop-big-pharma-from-price-gouging-american-patients-2021\/\">letras principales<\/a> al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos, presentando <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/imo\/media\/doc\/21.04.12%20RES%20Executive%20Action%20on%20Drug%20Pricing.pdf\/\">resoluciones<\/a>, y presentando el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/as-white-house-prepares-health-care-push-merkley-welch-introduce-bill-to-end-prescription-drugs-price-gouging-help-ensure-americans-can-get-the-medicines-they-need-2021\/\"><i>Ley para poner fin a la especulaci\u00f3n de precios de medicamentos<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>El <i>Ley de Insulina para Todos de 2023<\/i> est\u00e1 dirigido por el senador Bernie Sanders (I-VT) y la representante Cori Bush (D-MO-01) y copatrocinado por el senador<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">s<\/span> Edward J. Markey (D-MA), y los Representantes Jamaal Bowman (D-NY-16), Yvette Clarke (D-NY-09), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Jes\u00fas G. \u201cChuy\u201d Garc\u00eda (D-IL-04), Sylvia Garc\u00eda (D-TX-29), Al Green (D-TX-09), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-07), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-07), y Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12).<\/p>\n<p>El <i>Ley de Insulina para Todos de 2023<\/i> Tambi\u00e9n obtuvo el apoyo de m\u00e1s de 70 organizaciones importantes, entre ellas: T1International, The Insulin Initiative, The Diabetes Link, Mutual Aid Diabetes, Social Security Works, Public Citizen, Center for Popular Democracy, People&#039;s Action, American Federation of Teachers, American Medical Student. Association, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, National Domestic Workers Alliance, United Mine Workers of America, Center for Medicare Advocacy, Doctors for America, Indivisible, MoveOn y <a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19207QQQ63503596QQQ11746202QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sanders.senate.gov%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2fInsulin-for-All-Act-1-pager-final-March-8.pdf&amp;redir_log=61051886968643\">m\u00e1s<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> El texto de la factura se puede encontrar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19207QQQ63503596QQQ11746202QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sanders.senate.gov%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2fInsulin-for-All-Act-of-2023-final-March-8.pdf&amp;redir_log=655663590004633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<br \/> El resumen de la factura se puede encontrar&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outreach.senate.gov\/iqextranet\/iqClickTrk.aspx?&amp;cid=SenSanders&amp;crop=19207QQQ63503596QQQ11746202QQQ732115702&amp;report_id=&amp;redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.sanders.senate.gov%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2fInsulin-for-All-Act-1-pager-final-March-8.pdf&amp;redir_log=61051886968643\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley joined colleagues in both chambers of Congress to introduce bicameral legislation that would cap the list price of insulin at no more than $20 per vial. 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