Just 56.5% of doctors strongly agreed that they welcomed patients with disabilities into their practices, and only 40.7% of doctors surveyed reported feeling very confident about their ability to provide the same quality of care to patients with disabilities, according to the study, co-authored by Eric G. Campbell and Julie Ressalam, published in the journal Health Affairs.  "You would think that doctors should be very confident in their ability to provide equal quality care to all the patients that they agree to see, so that's a troubling finding," said lead study author Dr. Lisa Iezzoni, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. Read article>>

Drugs don’t work if people cannot afford them.  No one should be forced to fill a prescription they need instead of paying their rent or putting food on the table.  But, that is increasingly happening in the U.S. because we let brand-name manufacturers charge whatever they want for their products.  Even prior to the pandemic, nearly one in three Coloradans reported skipping doses, cutting pills, or not filling a prescription they need because they cannot afford the cost of the drug. And yet, Americans pay 60% to 85% more than people in other countries do for the same drugs. Co-authors Lisa Bero, PhD, Mark Levine, MD and colleagues write in this opinion column, "Colorado legislators have the opportunity to lead the way to rein in drug costs, and we strongly encourage them to take it."  Read article>>