One of the leading causes of rising prescription drug prices in recent years is the increase in so-called “specialty drugs,” something that is caused, at least in part, by the benefit design of the Medicare Part D program. Democrats are hoping to tackle this problem by letting the federal government negotiate with drug manufacturers.
DENVER - State health agencies are continuing to help people with disabilities who are physically unable to leave their homes to get COVID-19 vaccines, but work still is needed to reach some of the state s most vulnerable residents not already in Medicaid and other databases. Bonnie Silva - director of the community living office with the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing - said so far, local vaccine providers have been tapped to serve almost 95% of the state s identified homebound population. "Our goal was, How do we leverage local solutions where those are in place? And so literally going county by county, region by region in Colorado so that we could understand what local solutions they had in place, and how as a state entity we could support them," said Silva. " .
Posted by Brooke Gilmore | May 31, 2021
On Thursday, May 27, Governor Polis and the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) announced that the national initiative known as Built for Zero has certified Fremont County, Colorado as the 12th community in the country to functionally end veteran homelessness.
“Ensuring those who have worked in service to this country have access to safe and secure housing is one of the most important things we can do, and I am pleased to see Fremont [County] leading the way in what we hope will become the new standard in our state,” said Governor Jared Polis. “We owe it to our veterans to ensure they too can build back stronger along with the rest of Colorado.”
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment uses two-factor authentication to protect personal vaccine history recorded in the online Colorado Immunization Information System database.