“If we can drop the cost of insulin, we don’t have to make money on selling it. We get the savings as a purchaser,” said Anthony Wright, executive director of Health Access California, which has been a leading advocate of the public insulin plan.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23574178/diabetes-insulin-pen-injection-cost-california
Insulin costs for people with diabetes are too high. Can California produce a cheaper version?

States are trying to beat the insulin racket by producing their own drugs.

Vox