Julie Johnson challenges Kolkhorst’s account of insulin-cap credit
Julie JohnsonUnited States representative and former Texas state representative
Johnson disputes Kolkhorst’s allocation of credit, saying Talarico introduced an earlier proposal and built public support before taking second billing.
Responding to
James Talarico says he capped insulin at $25 a month while serving in the Texas House.
“He used his personal story to build massive public support for it.”
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How much credit should James Talarico receive for Texas’s $25 insulin copay cap?
In a January 2026 Senate-campaign advertisement, Texas state Rep. James Talarico said he “capped insulin at $25 a month.” State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst replied that she authored the 2021 bill that became law. Legislative records show Talarico filed an earlier insulin-cap bill and was a House sponsor of S.B. 827. The dispute is over how their roles should be described.
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Johnson responds to Kolkhorst's post, calls the attack cheap, and argues that Talarico introduced an earlier bill and generated support. Her account of why he took second billing is her attribution of motive.
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Talarico’s campaign claimed credit for the $25 insulin cap, and Kolkhorst challenged his authorship of the enacted bill.
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Legislative records document Kolkhorst’s Senate authorship, Talarico’s earlier H.B. 40 proposal, and Lucio III and Talarico’s House sponsorship of S.B. 827.
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Relative to Talarico’s legislative-credit claim, Johnson challenges the account of his role and attribution of authorship.
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