Every year, Chuck commits to traveling to all62 counties in New York to meet with constituents.
On February 23, 2022, standing shoulder to shoulder with Albany residents with diabetes who need insulin daily, Senator Schumer doubled down on his push to reduce the outrageous cost of the drug and announced he will call for a Senate vote in March to get the cost down from $200-$600 per prescription to a cap of $35. Schumer said that the price of insulin has been rising rapidly for years, with an average increase of 15-17% per year since 2012. Schumer further said that 1 in 4 Americans now ration the drug, which is potentially life threatening; Schumer unveiled his Affordable Insulin Now Act to improve access to this life-saving medicine and ensuring that families like those in Albany will never be forced to ration this critical drug due to unreasonably high cost.