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A move to cut drug prices in Colorado has patients with rare diseases worried

State board addressing affordability of most expensive prescription drugs has chosen 5 medications to review

Pharmacy technician Jess Sierra prepares prescriptions at Kiowa Drug in Eads, Colorado.
Rachel Woolf, For Kaiser Health News
Pharmacy technician Jess Sierra prepares prescriptions at Kiowa Drug in Eads, Colorado.
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The Colorado board’s choice of drugs to review elucidates one of the thorniest questions it must wrangle with: Would lowering the price tag for rare-disease medications lead manufacturers to pull out of the state or limit their availability?
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