Health

New state program to provide affordable insulin starts Wednesday

A woman reacts after a bill passed in the state House.
Nicole Smith-Holt reacts in the gallery after the Minnesota House passed a long-awaited insulin affordability bill championed by Smith-Holt, in St. Paul on April 14, 2020. Her 26-year-old son Alec, of Minneapolis, died of diabetic complications in 2017 because he was forced to ration his supply of the drug.
Jim Mone | AP Photo file