Colorado Dentists And Other Docs Seek Opioid Alternatives As Crisis Worsens
“Opioids ought to be drugs of last resort, not drugs of first choice,” one expert says.
As Concerns Grow About Health Risks, Has The U.S. Reached Peak High School Football?
Roger Pielke, who directs CU’s Sports Governance Center, has published an analysis of the numbers and whether health risks and concussions are driving the trend.
Colorado Heroin And Opioid Deaths Rise Even More Dramatically
In a record-breaking year, 912 people in Colorado died from overdoses in 2016. Of those, 300 died from an opioid overdose and heroin claimed another 228 lives.
To Keep Kids From Dodging Veggies, Colorado Wants To Hook ‘Em Young
One in six kids don’t eat fruit every day, according to state health department data. The numbers are even worse for vegetables — almost one in three.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
