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Checked against the record · Iowa Senate 2026

Did Josh Turek sponsor a bill to cap insulin costs at $25 a month?

Matches stated record claim. He was sole sponsor of Iowa insulin coverage bills in 2023 and 2025; neither passed, and the $25 figure was not checked against the bill text.

Josh Turek

Health care: insulin cost cap

Matches stated record claim

What they say

His campaign says he sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25 a month.

“He has sponsored legislation to cap insulin costs at $25/month”

What the record shows · Feb 13, 2025

He is the sole sponsor of H.F. 405 (2025), relating to insurance coverage for prescription insulin drugs, introduced and referred to the Commerce Committee on February 13, 2025 with no further action, and of H.F. 502 (2023) on the same subject.

Limit: The $25 figure is the campaign's description; the bill text was not read for this card. Neither bill was enacted. No public post on this topic appears in the collected packet, so the card carries no dated earlier words.

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  1. Pushing for Changehttps://turek4iowa.com/platform/

    Josh Turek for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Campaign-controlled source. Positions are attributed, not independently verified facts.

    candidate statement

    For: Did Josh Turek sponsor a bill to cap insulin costs at $25 a month?

  2. House File 405 bill history (2025)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF405&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Published Feb 13, 2025 · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Insurance coverage for prescription insulin; by Turek; introduced and referred to Commerce 2025-02-13, no later action.

    official legislative record

    For: Did Josh Turek sponsor a bill to cap insulin costs at $25 a month?

  3. House File 502 bill history (2023)https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF502&ga=90

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Sep 8, 2026

    Insurance coverage for prescription insulin; by Turek.

    official legislative record

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