This Office has produced two good papers on initiatives for decreasing Coloradans healthcare costs. It provides a link between legislative initiatives and policy outcomes. You can access these two papers by going to ltgovernor.colorado.gov and clicking on Programs. Then click on Office of Saving People Money on Healthcare. There are two links there: "The Toxic Impacts of High Health Care Costs on Coloradans" and "Saving Coloradans Money on Healthcare". Both are very informative regarding state initiatives on decreasing healthcare costs.