prescription drug costs
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Protecting 340B means protecting access to care close to home | OPINION
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By Patrick Demmer As a pastor and community advocate in Colorado, I have spent more than four decades walking alongside people in moments of hardship, families facing illness, seniors choosing between prescriptions and groceries, and working parents stretched to the breaking point. In those moments, access to affordable, local health care isn’t an abstract policy…
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Colorado prescription board votes to limit cost of rheumatoid arthritis drug
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Colorado became the first state in the nation to set a price cap on a specific medication last week, following a unanimous decision by the Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board to cap the cost of a drug used to treat inflammatory conditions. On Oct. 3, the board voted to set an upper payment limit (UPL)…
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THE PODIUM | Let patients share in the savings on pricey prescription drugs
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With the gavel having fallen on the 2018 legislative session, Colorado lawmakers were once again unable to reach consensus on an effective plan for tackling the issue of high prescription drug costs. With patients spending more in out-of-pocket health care costs than ever before, let’s hope leaders on both sides of the aisle will place…
