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| Inmate Hepatitis C treatment costs questioned |
| By coloradostatesman.com- Mike McKibbin |
| Published: 01/18/2017 |
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It costs the Colorado Department of Corrections $57,000 to treat each of 32 inmates infected with Hepatitis C with expensive new drugs that have had a 100 percent success rate. That cost did not sit well with members of the Colorado House and Senate Judiciary committees when the Joint Budget Committee presented the figures during a Tuesday, Jan. 17, Joint Rule 25 hearing. Such hearings are held to keep committees informed of agency and department developments and funding requests within their jurisdiction. “That’s a huge amount of money,” said state Rep. Joe Salazar, D-Thornton, who sits on the House Judiciary Committee. “Are these the only drugs they can get, how can we reduce those costs?” Read More. |
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