
Insulin Cost and Affordability
State Insulin Copay Caps
To date, 22 states and the District of Columbia have capped copayments on insulin, devices, or diabetes supplies for state-regulated health insurance plans. Below is information for each of those states.
State Copay Caps
- Alabama: $100 cap for 30-day supply
- Colorado: $100 collective cap for 30-day supply
- Connecticut: $25 cap for 30-day supply of insulin or other diabetes medications, $100 cap for 30-days’ worth of devices and supplies
- Delaware: $100 collective cap for 30-day supply, $0 for insulin pumps, and collective $35 cap per month for other specified diabetes equipment and supplies
- District of Columbia: $30 cap for a 30-day supply of insulin, and $100 cap for a 30-day supply of covered diabetes devices
- Illinois: $100 collective cap for 30-day supply
- Kentucky: $30 cap for 30-day supply
- Louisiana: $75 cap for 30-day supply
- Maine: $35 cap for 30-day supply
- Maryland: $30 cap for 30-day supply
- Minnesota: State-required manufacturer assistance program has a $35 cap for 1x per year emergency 30-day supply, $50 cap for 90-day supply
- Montana: $35 for 30-day supply
- New Hampshire: $30 cap for 30-day supply
- New Mexico: $25 cap for 30-day supply
- New York: $100 cap for 30-day supply
- North Dakota: $25 cap for a 30-day (only applies to the state employee health plans
- Oklahoma: $30 cap for 30-day supply, $90 cap for 90-day supply
- Oregon: $75 cap for a 30-day supply, $225 cap for a 90-day supply
- Rhode Island: $40 cap for a 30-day supply
- Texas: $25 cap for a 30-day supply
- Utah: $30 cap for 30-day supply
- Vermont: $100 collective cap for 30-day supply
- Virginia: $50 cap for 30-day supply
- Washington: $35 cap for 30-day supply
- West Virginia: $100 collective cap for 30-day supply
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