Rep. Caraveo talks medical costs with Thornton seniors

New congresswoman pays visit to district, with stops in Fort Lupton and Brighton

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As a pediatrician, U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo told a group of ornton seniors and o cials, she knows that staying healthy is linked to economics.

“I am often asked why I would leave a wonderful job like pediatrics to go into government and politics and prescription drugs and the affordability of that is a huge issue,” Caraveo said during a mid-morning roundtable discussion April 4 at ornton’s Active Adult Center..”I remember having to tailor my treatments for many, many patients not around what I thought they needed medically but what they could a ord.

As a medical student and resident doctor, I didn’t train for that. I trained to make medical decisions based on my training, not on cost.” e Active Adult Center visit was the middle stop of Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo tour of her district,