Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-2.5-102. Legislative declaration

(a) Uninsured, underinsured, and older Coloradans pay a disproportionately greater share of their income for prescription drugs. In many cases, current drug prices have the effect of denying residents access to necessary medical care, thereby threatening their health and safety.

(b) Prescription drugs play an increasingly important role in improving or stabilizing a person's health and in reducing overall health-care costs;

(c) Additionally, the new medicare prescription drug benefit restricts persons from purchasing insurance in order to fully cover their prescription drug needs. This restriction on a person's ability to purchase adequate coverage may threaten the person's health and safety.

(d) Currently, there is no limit on the amount that a pharmacy may charge for a generic or nonpatented drug, and, although some retail pharmacies are offering some generic and nonpatented drugs at discounted prices, there are no guarantees that the pharmacies will continue to do so.