Colorado Checkup: August 2023

A Move to Cut Drug Prices Has Patients With Rare Diseases Worried

Markian Hawryluk

A Colorado board has named five drugs it will review for affordability and potential cost caps. But patients with cystic fibrosis worry they will lose access to a life-changing therapy.

A Nanoengineer Teamed Up With Rihanna’s Tattoo Artist to Make Smarter Ink

Rae Ellen Bichell

Tattoos are more popular than ever. About a third of Americans have at least one. A scientist-entrepreneur, together with a celebrity tattoo artist, believes that ink could be doing a lot more.

Community With High Medical Debt Questions Its Hospitals’ Charity Spending

Markian Hawryluk

Pueblo, Colorado, residents have higher-than-average medical debt, while the city’s two tax-exempt hospitals provide relatively low levels of charity care.