A health policy laboratory: Dems reshape health care in Colorado – and possibly the USA

A health policy laboratory: Dems reshape health care in Colorado – and possibly the USA

While the nation’s capital is mired in gridlock and the Affordable Care Act faces a legal challenge, the prospects of lowering health care costs for Americans this year seem unlikely.

Don’t tell that to Coloradans.

Democratic majorities in the state House and Senate and a Democratic governor eager to push aggressive health care measures have turned Colorado into one of the foremost health policy laboratories in the country.

State lawmakers took swift action on many of the same health issues being debated at the federal level, including a government-run health plan known as a public option, surprise medical billing, drug importation and high drug costs.

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