Insulin retail price is something like $600 a month without insurance.
It's also something like $600 a month with insurance. The problem is that the insurance company has become the customer, not the patient. And if there is no insurance company to pay, the patient gets stuck with the insurance company price.
Ask why Congress isn't asking why this isn't happening.
Are you kidding? Congress caused this. In 2010, they allowed Big Pharma to collude in drafting an insurance bill forcing people to carry insurance, with government not only subsidizing that insurance, but also setting the guidelines on which drugs get covered. It allowed each pharmaceutical company to jack up the prices of select drugs, thus guaranteeing windfall profits for those portions of their overall portfolio.
The Big Lie of Obamacare was that it would bring down costs. But in reality, it increased them. By design.
For the consumer, the best thing the government could possibly do here is to GET THE HELL OUT OF THE HEALTH CARE MARKET!