Colorado Teen Pregnancy Prevention To See $1.5M Cut Under Trump Plan
After a change in federal priorities, Colorado Youth Matter will lose $1.5 million.
By John Daley
Colorado’s Glitchy New Medicaid Payment System Has Some Doctors Declaring ‘Crisis’
Practices across the state have done financial gymnastics to stay afloat after the state’s Medicaid agency started to erroneously reject claims.
By John Daley
As Colorado’s Climate Changes, Our Collective Health Will Be Connected To It
A first of its kind report for the Colorado Health Institute looks at the connection between health and climate change.
By John Daley
Angry About GOP Health Care Bill, Protesters Gather At Sen. Gardner’s Office
“Why on earth would we take health care, that we finally have established for all Americans, and break it up to give tax breaks to the rich?” one protester said.
By John Daley
How Coloradans Are Taking Stock As Senate Releases Obamacare Repeal
The Senate bill, crafted in seclusion by Republicans, who control the upper chamber of Congress, would make deep cuts to Medicaid and defund Planned Parenthood for a year.
By John Daley
All Insurers Back On Colorado’s Exchange, No County Loses Coverage
Up until Monday’s deadline for insurance companies to file their intentions it was unclear if insurance giant Anthem, or another carrier, might back out.
By John Daley
These Colorado Teens Hope To Erase The Stigma Of Seeking Mental Health Help
The Mental Health Youth Action Board was created by Children’s Hospital Colorado to address a wave of young people under stress.
By John Daley
Hickenlooper Considers Hardball Response If Anthem Pulls Out Of Health Exchange
The governor is considering barring Anthem from the state’s lucrative Medicaid contracts if the insurer decides to leave.
By John Daley
Is Anthem In Or Out? It’s An Open-Ended Question That Worries The Western Slope
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield will decide this June whether to stay in Colorado’s individual insurance market, created under the Affordable Care Act.
By John Daley
Some On The Eastern Plains Put Hopes For Change In Ending Obamacare
Under Obamacare, Colorado’s uninsured rate dropped significantly. But insurers have left the market, premiums have skyrocketed, and rural folks are in a big bind.
By John Daley
Colorado’s Rural Hospitals Pin Their Funding Hopes On A Bipartisan Budget Fix
The rural sustainability bill still has a long way to go in a legislature where byzantine fights over finances have bedeviled compromise for years.
By John Daley
Colorado Medical Research Worries About Proposed NIH Budget Cuts
CU’s School of Medicine gets about $200 million a year in NIH funds, so a proposed 20 percent cut could make $40 million vanish.
By John Daley
For Rural Hospitals, Proposed State Budget Cuts Add To Obamacare Repeal Worries
Rural Colorado could see a wave of hospital closings if hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts in the proposed state budget go through.
By John Daley
For Coloradans Getting Long-Term Care On Medicaid, The GOP Plan Brings Uncertainty
Older people with disabilities, in long-term care, make up nearly 10 percent of the state’s overall Medicaid population, but they account for more than 40 percent of the costs.
By John Daley
Colorado Could See 600K Uninsured, Growing Medicaid Funding Gap Under GOP Health Plan
The AHCA would create a $1 billion annual shortfall in Colorado’s state budget starting in 2020.
9 Numbers To Know About The Colorado Impact Of The Affordable Care Act
A helpful primer on key numbers and impact of the Affordable Care Act as it stands right now in Colorado.
By John Daley