A local lawmaker is asking President Trump to act in order to provide relief to diabetics struggling with insulin affordability.
Republican Congressman Mike Kelly who represents parts of Butler County recently wrote a letter to Trump requesting that he declare the lack of nationwide affordable insulin a public health emergency.
Kelly also asks for Trump’s support of legislation that he authored called the Market Access for Generic Insulin Competition, or MAGIC, Act which would create a clear and permanent approval pathway at the FDA for U.S. manufacturers to produce affordable generic insulin.
Kelly is the vice-chair of the Congressional Diabetes Caucus and a diabetic himself.
