Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
As part of The Bridge, a series of bipartisan conversations at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) discussed their new bipartisan legislation, the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, how they’ve been able to work across the aisle to make progress, and why federal support for diabetes research is so crucial.
Afterward, Johns Hopkins doctors and researchers took a deeper dive into the latest diabetes research, recent discoveries about the nature and effects of diabetes, and the policy levers that can drive down drug costs and improve patient health.
As part of The Bridge, a series of bipartisan conversations at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg Center in Washington, D.C., Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) discussed their new bipartisan legislation, the Improving Needed Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, how they’ve been able to work across the aisle to make progress, and why federal support for diabetes research is so crucial.
Afterward, Johns Hopkins doctors and researchers took a deeper dive into the latest diabetes research, recent discoveries about the nature and effects of diabetes, and the policy levers that can drive down drug costs and improve patient health.
