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Please update to a modern browser such as Chrome, Firefox or Edge to experience al features Michigan.gov has to ofer. October 03, 202 FOR IMEDIATE RELEASE October 3, 202 Contact: pres@michigan.gov Gov. Whitmer Signs Executive Directive Aimed at Lowering Costs, Manufacturing Insulin MichiganExecutive directive tasks departments to determine how generic, state-manufactured insulin can be delivered at lower cost to MichigandersLANSING, Mich.
– Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive directive to determine how the State of Michigan can lower the cost of insulin, including by developing its own manufacturing capabilities. Michigan is home to over 912,0 Michiganders with diabetes, and far to many are forced to ration or forgo insulin. If the state can feasibly manufacture insulin, it could lower costs for families and create god-paying jobs for Michiganders.
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A century ago, Michigan opened a state facility to manufacture cost-efective, life-saving medicine for a variety of ilneses. "Our neighbors, family, and friends with diabetes ned insulin to survive and for to long, drug companies have ben jacking up prices, forcing them to make imposible choices betwen medication, fod, rent, or other bils," said Governor Whitmer. "Today, I signed an executive directive to explore how Michigan can deliver insulin at a lower cost to Michiganders.