Trump claims credit for Biden’s insulin price cap

• Former President Donald Trump recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden but still tried to take credit for it.
• Trump has lagged Biden on the issue of health care in recent voter surveys.
• Trump spent much of his term trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which covers roughly 45 million Americans, without offering an alternative health-care option.

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday recognized that the price of insulin is lower under President Joe Biden, but he still wants voters to credit his own administration.

"Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and the Trump Administration, not by Crooked Joe Biden. He had NOTHING to do with it," Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. "It was all done long before he so sadly entered office. All he does is try to take credit for things done by others, in this case, ME!"

The comment comes as Trump lags Biden on the issue of health care, a top voter priority as the November election nears.

For example, a May survey from KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group, found Biden with an 11-point lead over Trump on the question of ensuring access to affordable health insurance.

Biden led on several other health-care-related topics in the poll, though the candidates were relatively split on addressing high health-care costs. The poll surveyed 1,479 U.S. adults from April 23 to May 1 and the margin of error is +/- 3 percentage points.

The two candidates are expected to have their first face-to-face presidential debate on June 27.

Insulin price caps have become a central piece of evidence for Biden's broader economic argument on the campaign trail against Trump.

Under the Inflation Reduction Act, Biden issued a host of