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Pipes: Drug ‘affordability’ boards won’t really help patients

Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board recently declared that Stelara, a popular treatment for Crohn’s disease and other autoimmune conditions, is “unaffordable.” Soon, the board’s five unelected members could decide whether to impose an “upper payment limit” on the medication. The decision could have significant consequences not just in Colorado but across the country. Ten other