Revenue Department Tries its Hand at Marijuana
Colorado’s new rules for medical marijuana dispensaries are being called groundbreaking. They’re the nation’s most extensive for commercial sale of the drug.
By Eric Whitney
Hospital Infections Report: Vague But Useful?
Photo: Scanning electron micrograph of MRSA bacteria, couresty Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
By Eric Whitney
Hospital Infections Are Hard to Fight
Photo: Scanning elctron micrograph of C. difficile bacteria, courtesy Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Yesterday we reported on newly-released statistics on infections in Colorado’s hospitals.
By Eric Whitney
Doctors and Drug Company Money
Colorado Public Radio has learned that many doctors here get paid by drug companies, but don’t report it as required by state law.
By Eric Whitney
Doctors Fail to Disclose Ties to Drug Companies
CPR Health Reporter Eric Whitney talks about the kind of work doctors do for drug companies and whether that money influences them.
By Eric Whitney
Health Law Paying Docs to Go Digital
The federal government, via the stimulus act, includes $30 billion in payments to doctors and hospitals.
By Eric Whitney
Gov. Ritter’s Health Care Legacy
Today we’re looking back at Governor Bill Ritter’s term in office. This time specifically at his impact on health care. Our Health Reporter Eric Whitney has this assessment.
By Eric Whitney
Health Insurance Costs Up Again
A new report says the price of health insurance has gone up an average of 40% nationwide since 2003.Colorado is not immune.
By Eric Whitney
Preventing Youth Sports Concussions
A new way of treating concussions in young athletes is catching on with a lot of Colorado schools.
By Eric Whitney
Underdog Garnett Challenges Suthers for Attorney General’s Office
Last spring, Colorado’s Attorney General John Suthers joined a lawsuit against the ObamaAdministration’s health care plan, saying the federal government cannot force people to buyhealth insurance.
By Eric Whitney
Colorado’s un-insured rate flat, despite down economy
Jeff Bontrager, a senior researcher at thenon-partisan Colorado Health Institute has analysed the latest U.S. Census numbers.
By Eric Whitney
Colorado Businesses Health Insurance Costs Climbing
The survey of 140 business of various sizes, sectors and locations is done by the Lockton Companies, an insurance brokerage.
By Eric Whitney
Biotech in Colorado: Synthetic Sharkskin and So Much More
The Colorado BioScience Association holds a competition every other year to find the state’s top new biotechnology start-up company.
By Eric Whitney
Amendment 63: Freedom or Freeloaders?
Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute and T.R. Reid, author of two books on health care, debate Amendment 63 on Rocky Mountain PBS’ Colorado State of Mind.
By Eric Whitney
Insurers Balk at New Health Provisions
The Colorado Center on Law and Policy’s Elisabeth Arenales says insurers aren’t justified in dropping kids-only policies.
By Eric Whitney
New Crisis Hotline Promises Help
Last week, we reported that Colorado’s suicide rate is the highest in 20 years. The economy and the lack of mental health services are partly to blame, experts say.
By Eric Whitney