Health Care Is On Coloradans’ Minds. This Is Where The 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand
Across the political spectrum, Colorado voters told us the high and rising price of health care plays a significant vote in how they’ll vote.
Polis Releases The Next Key Step For A Colorado Public Health Insurance Option
The proposed state plan would work very differently from the public option concept popularized by certain progressive Democratic presidential candidates.
A New Bill Would Ban The Sale of All Flavored Nicotine Products
The bill, introduced at the Colorado Capitol Friday, would close loopholes in the federal flavor ban.
It’s ‘Very Easy For Kids To Get Vaping Products.’ This Colorado 9-Year-Old Can Show You
Colorado lawmakers want to change that.
Lungs, Heart, Brain: The Health Risks Of Vaping That Doctors Know — And The Ones They Don’t
And with the scale of the problem, and treatment options largely unstudied, experts say curbing the epidemic will be difficult.
In An Echo Of The Big Tobacco Hearings, Top E-Cigarette Execs Admit Nicotine Is Addictive
The hearings of e-cigarette executives in the House of Representatives were a public grilling on the role of these companies in the teen vaping epidemic.
JUUL At A Crossroads: E-Cig Makers Will Testify To Congress As Company Faces Legal And Financial Turmoil
A federal crackdown has stores clearing their shelves of vape products comes on the eve of a federal hearing.
Denver Joins Suit Against E-Cigarette Giant JUUL, Saying It Marketed To Teens
One analysis suggests JUUL now faces at least 200 lawsuits, including many from local governments.
Hospitals Won’t Sue Colorado, Signals Truce Over Polis Reinsurance Fees
The Colorado Hospital Association said the state wanted them to pay the fee months earlier than state law allowed and they sued to stop it.
Colorado’s Public Option Is (The Big) One Of Many Health Care Fights Lawmakers Will Have This Year
“Hospitals versus the state is going to be one of the headlines, if not the headline of the [legislative] session,” said Allie Morgan of the Colorado Health Institute.
Pitkin Is The Latest Colorado County To Join Lawuit Against JUUL
More than a third of the county’s high school students said they used an e-cigarette in the past 30 days, according to a recent survey.
Expensive Health Care? Blame The Hospitals, State Report Says
Top Polis health officials contend that hospitals — and the cost to get care at them — are mostly to blame for the state’s ballooning health costs. They say hospital operating expenses in Colorado in 2018 were 14 percent higher than the national average.
Fewer People Signed Up For Health Insurance Through The State Exchange This Year
Funding for marketing and outreach has been cut under the Trump administration.
The Ongoing Disagreement Between Polis And Hospitals Over Reinsurance Just Boiled Over Into The Courts
The hospitals and the state have been tangling publicly for months as Gov. Jared Polis’ administration looks to craft ambitious health care reforms.
Coloradans Could Vote To Steeply Raise Taxes on Tobacco, Vape Products This Year
Initiative filers want to pump the brakes on the nation’s worst teen vaping rate.
CDC Testing Rules Out The Possible Colorado Vape-Related Illness Death
The CDC also decreased the number of recorded EVALI cases in Colorado from 12 to 8.
