Colorado State Rep. Dylan Roberts & the Price of Insulin | PPN Episode 872

PolitiTalkRx Host Dr Scott Kjelson talks with Colorado State Representative Dylan Roberts about reducing the cost of life saving insulin.

HB19-1216 Reduce Insulin Prices Concerning measures to reduce a patient’s costs of prescription insulin drugs, and, in connection therewith, making an appropriation.

Prescription insulin drugs – 30-day supply – cost-sharing cap – appropriation.

Effective January 1, 2020, the act caps the cost sharing a covered person is required to pay for prescription insulin drugs at $100 per 30-day supply of insulin.

The act requires the department of law to investigate the pricing of prescription insulin drugs and submit a report of its findings to the governor, the commissioner of insurance, and the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives.

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