HCPF report offers data-driven solutions to high Rx prices Eli Kirshbaum | Jan 13, 2021
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The Colorado Department of Healthcare Policy and Financing (HCPF) released a thorough report Monday detailing strategies for reducing prescription drug (Rx) costs in Colorado. The report looks at the main drivers of Rx costs in the state, which HCPF says are the fastest growing health care expense for consumers. Kim Bimestefer, the Executive Director of HCPF, discussed the report at HCPF’s Colorado Health Cabinet Health Policy Summit.
According to Bimestefer, total Rx expenditures in Colorado increased by over 50 percent between 2014 and 2019. She also said specialty drugs currently represent over 50 percent of state Medicaid spending on prescription drug expenditures.
5 Things Colorado: Q&A w/Sen. Rhonda Fields, Bennet & Hickenlooper, SUD coverage DJ Wilson | Jan 14, 2021
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If you understand the unique character of our republican democracy, you can find calm in this anxious time. In six days, Joe Biden will be inaugurated President of the United States. He may not have been your candidate. That disappointment is a luxury of being in a democracy.
The orderly transfer of power from one administration to another is something unique to the last few hundred years among almost the entire swath of human history. It transpires again next Wednesday, only the 45th time since the enactment of our Constitution in 1789. I would encourage you to watch and appreciate the moment at 12:00 pm EST on January 20th. Doing so is a reminder of how unique our American experiment in self-government is. And, how fragile.