Baseball, hot dogs and Obamacare? A new battlefield for health law debate
Bickering over the federal healthcare law has reached a new sphere: professional sports. And Colorado is right in the middle of it.
One fire evacuee’s emotional roller coaster
A man who thought he lost his house in the Black Forest Fire visits his property, and finds it still standing.
Some optimism In Black Forest firefight, despite news of fatalities
Despite news of two confirmed deaths in the Black Forest Fire near Colorado Springs, officials were encouraged by progress against the blaze Thursday.
New report throws thousands of convictions into question
A new report on the state’s toxicology lab has lawyers calling for appeals.
Keeping Up With the Bills: Health
Just how closely is Colorado aligning itself with the White House’s vision for health care reform? CPR’s Eric Whitney breaks it all down.
Wins, losses for Gov. Hickenlooper’s mental health plan
Gov. John Hickenlooper started working on his plan soon after the Aurora theater shooting in July. He scheduled a press conference to announce it in December, not knowing the date would fall just days after another mass shooting tragedy in Newtown, Conn.
Fight intensifies over Insurance Exchange funding
The item in question is the so-called “health insurance exchange” Colorado is setting up under the federal health law known as Obamacare. Some Republican leaders in the legislature think the price tag is way too expensive.
Medicaid Expansion Heading to Governor’s Desk
The biggest health care bill of this year’s legislative session is now heading to Governor Hickenlooper’s desk for his signature. But what will the new measure mean for Coloradans?
Critics say plans for Ft. Lyon to help struggling residents is step backward
It has momentum and the backing of the Governor, but critics inside and outside the capitol say trying to combine economic development with helping the homeless is a bad idea.
Special Series: Colorado Doctors and Guns
Experience this collaborative series by NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News.
No opposition at first hearing for Medicaid expansion bill
The joint state and federal health care program for the poor got its first hearing this week in the state legislature, and no one testified against it.
Debate over guns, suicide can feel personal for Colorado doctors
Primary care doctors treat a lot of patients for depression, actually, more people get help for that from family doctors than from psychiatrists.
Doctors on front line of gun violence in Colorado
In a typical year, 700 to 800 Coloradans are seriously injured or killed by guns. That makes doctors a group that is particularly familiar with the consequences when fights, mental illness, or criminal activity involve firearms.
The Colorado Democrat Who Wants to Replace Obamacare
In all the talk about the big health care overhaul, what’s come to be known as “Obamacare,” there’s one thing you don’t hear a lot about.
Will The Homeless Find Healing At Ft. Lyon?
There’s broad agreement at the state capitol that more needs to be done to help Colorado’s homeless and mentally ill.
The Struggle for Mental Health Parity
For people with mental illnesses, it can be as hard to get treatment for their conditions as to deal with the illness itself.
