Apr 5, 2021
Last month, members of the Colorado General Assembly introduced a bill intended to lower prescription drug costs in the state. The legislation (Senate Bill 21-175) would create a Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board to set payment caps on drugs deemed to be...
Dec 9, 2020
President-elect Biden has a unique opportunity to refocus our health care system on patients in ways we have never seen before. The COVID-19 pandemic presents our greatest challenge and perhaps our greatest opportunity to solve long-standing and emergent health...
Jul 10, 2020
Recent protests against police brutality have forced the country to face the role our institutions play in perpetuating racism. As with law enforcement, we must hold our health care system accountable for discrimination and the effect it has on health outcomes....
Jan 27, 2020
Migraine, especially acute migraine, can be severe and devastating. “I know firsthand that migraine attacks are debilitating not just for me, but for my entire family,” Kristin Molacek, a mother of five young children and migraine patient in...
Jan 9, 2020
A new report on rheumatoid arthritis treatments published by a controversial cost appraiser is facing strong criticism from patient advocates, who say it minimizes the autoimmune disease as simply “morning stiffness” and “joint swelling”. The Institute for Clinical...
Jan 8, 2020
For many patients living with type 2 diabetes, daily injections are a substantial barrier to accessing current treatments. “I literally break down every time I have my bloods done,” one diabetes patient shares of her experience. Another adds, “I have the worst needle...