Colorado just became first state to cap insulin co-pays at $100 a month.

[pnwmom]

Still too high, but it's better than the situation in 49 other states.

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Colorado just became the first state to cap #insulin co-pays at $100 per month. This is awesome! Huge thanks to our Advocacy team, #Diabetes Advocates, Governor Jared Polis, Representative Dylan Roberts, and Senators Kevin Priola and Kerry Donovan!

[Amishman]

1. And diabetic testing strips or other peripherals will rise to make up for it

Price caps don't work well by themselves, too many ways to get around them.

[ooky]

4. My prediction. Premiums will rise to cover the added cost to the

insurance companies.

[Laffy Kat]

2. I'm wondering if that applies to the non-insured as well?

I sent an email to Romanoff's office but haven't received a reply.

[ooky]

3. This is about insurance co-pays.

The insulin suppliers can still charge whatever they want to. It does not protect uninsured.

[mopinko]

5. that's my understanding, too. not really much of a thing.

it's not the insured that are in big trouble so much as the uninsured.
i take a patented, hi cost drug, and my co-pay is $100/ 3mos.
i wonder how many people this even affects.

[ooky]

6. It's a big deal even for a lot of insured people.

A lot of it depends on the kind of insurance plan. My son who is 31 years old, has type 1 diabetes, he's been insured, and his costs have been all over the board. Before he changed jobs, his out of pocket costs just for the Novolog insulin he was prescribed was $586 a month for 3 vials. He could not afford that so he changed his insulin to a Walmart brand he could afford (Relion). Later, we discovered while using that brand that his A1C had risen to above 10, which is essentially out of control blood sugar. After he took a new job his out of pocket for the Novolog dropped to $120 a month ($40 per vial) with his new employer's plan. It would be better if the cap was on what the insulin supplier can charge, which would help both insured and uninsured. But this is a big start for the diabetics in Colorado.