What's happening?
The Colorado legislature is working through proposals to lower healthcare costs which is important, as healthcare costs are a challenge to many Colorado residents of all kinds. Of the thirteen proposals being discussed, one of them sacrifices safety to achieve cost savings: foreign drug importation. This proposal opens up Colorado to the risk of counterfeits which are a very real danger.
In this video, mom Carrie Luther talks about losing her son to a counterfeit medicine and why she opposes going outside the secured FDA-approved supply chain. PSM urges policymakers to focus only on health care reforms that do not sacrifice safety, it is too great a danger that's already hurting Americans.