Coloradans prefer that the 340B Program revenues are used to reduce the out-of-pocket costs.
These poll results are based on a hybrid poll (online and phone) of 800 active registered voters in Colorado statewide conducted from February 20-25, 2025, by Keating Research. The sample is distributed to represent active registered voters based on party registration, gender, age, and ethnicity. The margin of error at the 95% level for 800 respondents is ±3.5%. The poll was paid for by Our Health Equity.
Colorado voters strongly support policymakers taking action to require 340B Program funds are used to directly reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.
1. Coloradans Strongly Support a State Law that Requires Hospitals and Clinics to Use the 340B Program Discounts to Reduce the Cost that Patients Pay for their Prescription Medicines.
More than 8-of-10 Coloradans (84%) support a state law that would require hospitals and clinics to use the discounts they receive from pharmaceutical manufacturers to directly reduce the cost that patients pay for their prescription medicines, while only 7% oppose it.
The call for state legislators to require a reduction in the cost of prescription medicines is a non-partisan opinion. Support is the strongest with Democrats (88% support) and Unaffiliateds (86% support), while 3-of-4 Republicans also support (78% support). The desire for a reduction in the cost of prescription medicines is higher among Colorado’s lower income families (87% support).
Support for this state law is strong across the state including in Denver/Boulder counties (94% support), in the five Suburban counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Douglas, and Jefferson (86% support), in the four Front Range counties of Larimer, Weld, Pueblo and El Paso (81% support) and in the 53 Rural counties (76% support).
A state law requiring hospitals and clinics to use the 340B Program funding to reduce the cost that patients pay for prescription medicines.
2. Legislators Gain Support by Dedicating 340B Funds for Patient Savings.
When voters are asked if they would be more likely or less likely to support their state legislator if they vote to dedicate 340B Program funds to directly reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines, 3-of-4 (78%) of Coloradans say they would be more likely to vote for that legislator compared to only 5% that say less likely and 17% that say it makes no difference / don’t know. Latinos (82% more likely) and Black / African Americans (87% more likely) are even more supportive of a legislator who votes to directly reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.
In every region around the state, large majorities are more likely to vote for a state legislator who supports dedicating 340B money to reduce the cost of prescription medicines, including in Denver/Boulder counties (79% more likely), in the five Suburban counties of Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Douglas and Arapahoe (84% more likely), in the four Front Range counties of Larimer, Weld, Pueblo and El Paso (72% more likely) and in the 53 Rural counties (71% more likely).
In addition, nearly 8-of-10 (78%) of Coloradans want the state legislature to do more to reduce hospital markups on prescription medicines for patients, including 84% of Democrats, 77% of Unaffiliateds and 73% of Republicans. Lower income Coloradans (81%) are even more likely to want the state legislature to do something to help reduce hospital markups on prescription medicines.
State legislator who votes to dedicate 340B Program funds to reduce the cost that patients pay for prescription medicines.
3. Coloradans Prefer to Use the 340B Program Funding for Direct Patient Savings Instead of Community Services like Mental Health care, Healthy Meals and Veterans Services.
When asked their preference for how to use the funding that hospitals and clinics receive from the 340B Program, 6-of-10 (58%) prefer that the funds are used to reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines, while 36% prefer the funds are used to provide community services like mental health care, healthy meals and veterans services - a 22 point preference for reducing out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.
Seniors Age 65+ (68% prefer) are the most likely to prefer that the 340B Program funding is used to reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.
Democrats (64%) are more likely to prefer that the 340B Program funding is used to reduce the out-of-pocket costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.
The Uninsured (63%) prefer that the 340B Program funding is used to reduce the out-of-pocket
costs and prices that patients pay for prescription medicines.