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November 10, 2025

In this week’s edition of health news across the states: Hospital cleanliness under scrutiny after Colorado hospital suspends operations, Amgen sues Colorado drug affordability board over price fixing, Momentum grows to modernize menopause care as FDA weighs new guidance

Plus: Gorman, Independence Institute: Stop spending Medicaid money on ineffective programs

HealthPlatform.News [[link removed]] Hospital cleanliness under scrutiny after Colorado hospital suspends operations [[link removed]]

A major hospital in Colorado suspended all non-emergency surgical operations for an entire week in July amid a state health inspection due to concerns about the cleanliness of surgical equipment.

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Colorado drug affordability board faces suit over price fixing [[link removed]]

For the second time, pharmaceutical company Amgen has filed suit against the Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board (PDAB) for capping the price of its autoimmune drug, Enbrel. The cap is supposed to take effect in 2027 and would limit the price of the drug to $600 per 50mg weekly dose.

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Momentum grows to modernize menopause care as FDA weighs new guidance [[link removed]] [[link removed]]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) may soon make changes to what is known as the “black box warning” on hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for women in menopause.

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Gorman: Stop spending Medicaid money on ineffective programs [[link removed]]

Limiting Medicaid enrollment and payments to legally eligible recipients is a good first step towards ensuring the program has enough money to fund treatment for the sick and disabled who cannot live without it. But spending for patients can also be increased by canceling Medicaid services that divert scarce public funds into programs of negligible value to patients.

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