(May 16) – Today, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Assistant Majority Leader Alec Garnett’s bill, the “Living Donor Support Act,” to help people who want to donate an organ to save a life, but who don’t have the ability to take time off from work to recover. “We take care of each other in Colorado. No
(April 30) – Rep. Chris Kennedy’s bill to reduce health insurance costs for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans in the individual insurance market won final House passage today with bipartisan support. Health insurance costs have been increasing significantly for the last few years. These increases are driven in part by the underlying cost of care,
(April 25) – Rep. Dylan Roberts won House support today for two bills to make health insurance more affordable across Colorado. HB18-1205 is Rep. Roberts’ bill to reduce the disparity in health care costs between rural Coloradans and those on the Front Range. Rural Coloradans pay significantly higher health insurance premiums and the burden is
(April 12) – Reps. Joann Ginal and Dominique Jackson won voice-vote House approval today for their bill to add some transparency around skyrocketing prices for pharmaceutical drugs. Under HB18-1260, pharmaceuticals companies would be required to provide 90 days’ notice to the public when they increase the price of a drug by 10 percent over two
(April 5) – The Drug Costs Savings Act, Rep. Janet Buckner’s bill to increase cost transparency around prescription drugs, passed the House today with strong bipartisan support. HB18-1284, part of the House Democrats’ agenda to control health care costs and protect consumers, allows a pharmacist to disclose a customer’s share of the cost of a
(March 22) – Rep. Dylan Roberts’ bill to add transparency around drug pricing for Coloradans with diabetes passed the House Health, Insurance & Environment Committee today. About 200,000 Coloradans take insulin, a life-or-death drug for all Type 1 diabetes patients and for many Type 2 patients. HB18-1009, a part of the House Democrats’ consumer protection
