New task force looks to bring down prescription drug prices NBC Connecticut [Video]

A new task force met for the first time Wednesday with a goal of finding ways to lower prescription drug costs.

Lawmakers said they formed the task force to find new ideas as solutions have eluded them for years.

“If we don’t address this issue, I don’t think the public is going to forgive us,” Sen. Matt Lesser, (D-Middletown) said during a press conference before the meeting at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford.

Lesser, who co-chairs the legislature’s Human Services Committee, said the committee has bipartisan support from members of several legislative committees.

Insulin4All state Chapter Lead Arden Parrish said people who rely on insulin have been begging for help for years.

“It really takes over your entire life,” said Parrish, who described struggling at times to afford both his insulin and his tuition in medical school.

Parrish said he even ended up in the hospital once after taking …