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            <title><![CDATA[Colorado’s Focus on Elder Abuse]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[My summer practicum at the Colorado Health Institute represents the best of two worlds for me. I get to work on projects that will benefit the state that I love while focusing on a topic that I am passionate about.
When my grandmother was d...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It Takes A Community
Health care is local, the old saying goes. While national, state and market trends impact health and health care delivery, local communities are where theory and policy meet practice and implementation....]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[It Takes a Village to Raise . . . A Colorado Health Care Innovation Plan]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Wednesday was a big day for Colorado&rsquo;s health care community, particularly those who are working to make our health care system work better. Nearly 150 &ldquo;movers and shakers&rdquo; came together to kick off work on a health care innovati...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ready, Set, Launch!
Tomorrow, Colorado will officially launch our work on the State Innovation Model (SIM) Pre-Testing Award.&nbsp; Colorado received this nearly $2 million award to improve and strengthen our State Health C...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Session Recapped: Legislation in Review Report Now Online]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[My job at the Colorado Health Institute is to manage our legislative services program. So the end of the legislative session tends to feel a bit like finishing final exams after a busy school year.
Our team has been at the Capitol all sessi...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Updated Colorado Health Institute Database Keeps Tabs on Colorado’s Safety Net]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Editor's Note: Back in August 2012, CHI published its safety net clinic database for the first time in acknowledgment of National Health Center Week and ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[All Hands on Deck for Health Care Reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/all-hands-on-deck-for-health-care-reform</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If we&rsquo;re going to do this, it&rsquo;s going to require all hands on deck.&rdquo; That&rsquo;s what Governor Hickenlooper said last week when he unveiled his ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-19</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Big Data and Leadership
Last week, I was invited to lead a discussion at Leadership Denver, a program designed by the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation to cultivate and develop emerging leadership talent in the sta...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[That’s a Wrap: The Key Health Policy Themes of the 2013 Legislative Session]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/thats-a-wrap-the-key-health-policy-themes-of-the-2013-legislative-session</link>
            <description><![CDATA[After a 120-day whirlwind, the 2013 Colorado legislative session has officially come to close.&nbsp; This year was a particularly busy one for lawmakers; the Colorado legislature passed hundreds of bills, including controversial measures dealing w...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Does Medicaid Make You Healthier?  My Takeaways from the Oregon Medicaid Experiment]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/does-medicaid-make-you-healthier-my-takeaways-from-the-oregon-medicaid-experiment</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The health policy community has been abuzz with this question over the past few days, ever since a Harvard research team released a new round of results from a landmark study of Medi...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hickenlooper's Plan For A Healthy Future]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/hickenloopers-plan-for-a-healthy-future</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Do you have a plan for getting, or staying, healthy? I&rsquo;m trying to exercise more and eat fewer sweets. Most of us at the Colorado Health Institute are working at standing desks and scheduling walking meetings.
Maybe your plan for heal...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Roundup Five: What We’re Watching]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-roundup-five-what-were-watching</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With just days left in the 2013 session, the pace at the Capitol is frenzied. Floor sessions have been dragging late into the night &ndash; sometimes lasting until the wee hours of the morning &ndash; as legislators work furiously to get through t...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Low Income Subsidy and Medicare Savings Programs in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/low-income-subsidy-and-medicare-savings-programs-in-colorado-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Health Institute released a new fact sheet today on the Medicare Low Income Subsidy (LIS) and Medicare Sav...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A New Face among New Faces]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[CHI welcomes Rebecca Alderfer&nbsp;this month. She is an exceptional addition to our strong team of policy researchers and analysts. Rebecca most recently came from the Pew...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Looking to the Future: New Local Health Coverage Estimates for 2016]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[This is proving to be a busy year in health care land.
The new health insurance exchange continues working toward its October 1 launch. Legislators are debating a plan to expand Colorado&rsquo;s Medicaid program. And providers &ndash; from ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislators Debate New Oral Health Policies]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Oral health has emerged as something of a theme this legislative session, and last week we saw two noteworthy oral health bills make progress.
The first, ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicaid Expansion: A Demographic Portrait]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/medicaid-expansion-a-demographic-portrait</link>
            <description><![CDATA[These are the faces of Medicaid expansion in Colorado:

A 30-year-old man, single and making about $15,000 a year, working at a coffee shop after getting laid off from his entry-level management job.


A young couple,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Roundup Four: What We’re Watching]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-roundup-four-what-were-watching</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With less than four weeks left in the 2013 session, it is crunch time at the Capitol. Lawmakers are scrambling to get their bills passed before closing day on May 8. We expect several health care bills will be introduced in the coming weeks.
...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Find Where Your County Ranks When it Comes to Health]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/find-where-your-county-ranks-when-it-comes-to-health</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The recent release of the 2013 County Health Rankings, sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, provides Colorado policymakers a...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Data on Colorado’s Child Obesity Rate]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At CHI, we get pretty excited when a new batch of Colorado health data is released. March, then, was a pretty exciting month on that front: first KIDS COUNT!, then the 2012...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Great Budget Debate: What This Year’s Long Bill Means for Health Care]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-great-budget-debate-what-this-years-long-bill-means-for-health-care</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This year's state budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in new health-related spending, including investments in mental health programs, increased Medicaid reimbursement rates and funding to overhaul the system that administers ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Thinking About Health Differently]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/thinking-about-health-differently</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Until a few weeks ago, I was unaware of the phrase &ldquo;the quantified self.&rdquo;&nbsp; An NPR blog...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-18</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorado Can Be Number One
Last week marked the launch of the Colorado Health Foundation&rsquo;s annual Health Report Card.&nbsp; For the pa...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uninsured Young Adults: Are They Really Invincible?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/uninsured-young-adults-are-they-really-invincible</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What comes to mind when you think of the term "Young Invincible"?
You might picture a twenty-something, perhaps unemployed or underemployed. Maybe living in a parents' basement, consuming an above-average amount of Ramen noodles. This twent...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Exchange Funding: A Capitol Debate]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-exchange-funding-a-capitol-debate</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Back in December, the Colorado Health Institute predicted that there would be legislation related to the long-term financing of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) this session. That bill has officially been introduced, and it was discuss...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[2012 Colorado Health Report Card: A Healthy Workforce Keeps Colorado Competitive]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2012-colorado-health-report-card-a-healthy-workforce-keeps-colorado-competitive</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Question: What was the top trending Twitter hashtag in Denver Thursday afternoon?

#MarchMadness
#SpringBreak2013
#COHRC

It might surprise you, but #COHRC &ndash; the hashtag for Colorado Health Report C...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Committee Approves Medicaid Expansion Bill]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/committee-approves-medicaid-expansion-bill</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The bill setting the stage for Medicaid expansion passed its first hurdle Thursday evening. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-2 in favor of SB 200, the bill sponsored by Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Den...]]></description>
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            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicaid Expansion: A Colorado Decision]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/medicaid-expansion-a-colorado-decision</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated Medicaid expansion bill was introduced in the Senate last Friday by Senator Irene Aguilar (D-Denver). The bill itself is simple: It would increase the income eligibility for Medicaid for parents, caretakers and adults without ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What Data Can &ndash; And Can&rsquo;t - Do
Columnist David Brooks recently wrote a provocative piece, &ldquo;What Data Can&rsquo;t Do...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Roundup 3: What We’re Watching]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-roundup-3-what-were-watching</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Few bills have been introduced since our last legislative roundup. This week, we updated the list of bills we are monitoring to reflect their...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top FAQs: New Estimates on Children and Health Insurance in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/top-faqs-new-estimates-on-children-and-health-insurance-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Health Institute today released a 2013 ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[CoverColorado Repeal Passes Out of Committee]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/covercolorado-repeal-passes-out-of-committee</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Bill is First of the Session to Harmonize State Law with ACA-Mandated Changes
It&rsquo;s not every day that Republicans, Democrats, insurance companies and advocacy groups all agree on a health care policy. But tha...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Good News for Colorado Children’s Oral Health, but Challenges Remain]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/good-news-for-colorado-childrens-oral-health-but-challenges-remain</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Coloradans received some good news about children's oral health last week with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's (CDPHE) release of findings from the 2011-2012 Basic Screening Survey. CDPHE's chart (on the right side of th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Roundup 2: What We’re Watching]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-roundup-2-what-were-watching</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Since our last legislative roundup, many health-related bills have been introduced. The Colorado Health Institute is closely monitoring them. I...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[CHI’s Vote for President]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/chis-vote-for-president</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here at the Colorado Health Institute, we took a short break from our focus on health policy and turned our attention to the White House as we head into President&rsquo;s Day Weekend.
Each staffer picked a favorite president &ndash; and pro...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Honoring CHI Analyst Jeff Bontrager
Our very own Jeff Bontrager was nominated this week for the Denver Business Journal&rsquo;s 2013 &ldquo;40 Under 40,&rdquo;&nbsp;the best and brightest of our young thinkers and ...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bill Spotlight: Breakfast After the Bell]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/bill-spotlight-breakfast-after-the-bell</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One of the many bills that the Colorado Health Institute is tracking this session is HB 13-1006 (Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program), sponsored by two freshmen lawmakers, Representative Tony Exum (D-Colorado Springs) and Represent...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Roundup : What We’re Watching]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-roundup-what-were-watching</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been almost a month since the legislative session got underway, and the Colorado Health Institute has been carefully tracking the health-related bills introduced this year. The Colorado Health Institute does not take positions on bills,...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-15</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I gave a presentati...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[Behavioral Health in the Spotlight this Session]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/behavioral-health-in-the-spotlight-this-session</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We&rsquo;re already seeing much discussion at the legislature on the need to more effectively treat mental disorders at the state and national levels &ndash; an issue that the Colorado Health Institute anticipates will be a hot topic throughout th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Inauguration: Looking Back but Thinking Ahead]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-inauguration-looking-back-but-thinking-ahead</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I was glued to the TV during Monday&rsquo;s presidential inauguration, mostly because it&rsquo;s one of the few times in American civic life so steeped in tradition and references to history.
Picture this. The giant American flags that drap...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-14</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI: Hitting the Road
A team from CHI had the distinct pleasure of a field trip earlier this month.&nbsp; We traveled to Topeka, Kansas, to visit with the Kansas Hea...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Just the Facts Ma’am: The Politics of Researching Gun Violence Prevention]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/just-the-facts-maam-the-politics-of-researching-gun-violence-prevention</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings, individuals who support more restrictive gun laws and those who don&rsquo;t are asking what our society can do to make sure that tragedies like Sandy Hook don&rsquo;t ever happen again. To...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Recap: CHI’s 10th Anniversary Webinar Series]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/recap-chis-10th-anniversary-webinar-series</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As a part of CHI&rsquo;s 10th anniversary series, we offered 10 webinars to the community on topics ranging from the Medicaid expansion to care coordination to a legislative forecast for 2013. Hundreds of people from all corners of Colo...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The 2013 Session: Health Care Trends]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-2013-session-health-care-trends</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The 2013 legislative session is off and running, and here at the Colorado Health Institute, we are happy to be back in action at the Capitol, helping policymakers to make informed decisions on important health care policy issues.
Legislator...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[CHI Issue Brief Examines New Strategy in Obesity Battle]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/chi-issue-brief-examines-new-strategy-in-obesity-battle</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How are you doing on your New Year&rsquo;s resolutions? Ten days into 2013 may be a little early. But for those of us who resolved to improve our health, such as eating cauliflower instead of cookies or getting on our bikes instead of getting in o...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Non-Wonk Meets Legislators]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-non-wonk-meets-legislators</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI hosted the sixth biennial Hot Issues in Health Care Conference at the Cheyenne Mountain Resort in Colorado Springs during the first week of December.
This was my second time attending the conference as a CHI staff member, and to be hone...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Big Medicaid Question Answered, Many Smaller Questions to Come]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-big-medicaid-question-answered-many-smaller-questions-to-come</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A Big Medicaid Question Answered, Many Smaller Questions to Come
By Jeff Bontrager and Megan Lane
For months now, the burning question has been whether Governor Hickenlooper would support expanding Medicaid ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[10 Bills in 10 Years: CHI’s List of the Most Impactful Health Care Laws of the Past Decade]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/10-bills-in-10-years-chis-list-of-the-most-impactful-health-care-laws-of-the-past-decade</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There&rsquo;s an old saying that you can&rsquo;t know where you&rsquo;re going until you know where you&rsquo;ve been.&nbsp; Every year around this time, the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) tries to predict the key health care policy trends and bi...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Top 10 CHI Publications of 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-top-10-chi-publications-of-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s approaching the end of the year, which means that it&rsquo;s time for year-end wrap-up articles on Analysis with Altitude. This week, we&rsquo;re profiling CHI&rsquo;s top 10 blog posts (Tuesday), top 10 presentations (yesterday), a...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Top 10 CHI Presentations of 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-top-10-chi-presentations-of-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here at CHI we love to talk about health policy. And this year we got to do that a lot. We gave nine webinars, had seven CHI/AHEC discussions at the Anschutz medical campus, prepared 13 presentations for our Hot Issues in Health Care legislative c...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Top 10 Analysis With Altitude Blog Posts of 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-top-10-analysis-with-altitude-blog-posts-of-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s approaching the end of the year, which means that it&rsquo;s time for year-end wrap-up articles on Analysis with Altitude. This week, we&rsquo;re profiling CHI&rsquo;s top 10 blog posts (today), top 10 presentations (tomorrow),...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Oral Health Care is a Winnable Battle, but We’re Not There Yet]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/oral-health-care-is-a-winnable-battle-but-were-not-there-yet</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It is becoming more difficult for Coloradans to get oral health care.
On Thursday, legislators who attended the Hot Issues in Health Care conference in Colorado Springs, sponsored by the Colorado Health Institute, di...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-13</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Problems for the Ages, Solutions for Today
This week, CHI will host a three-day health policy briefing for state legislators, executive branch leaders and policy makers. The goal is to bring thoughtful, evidence-based infor...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Care to Be Front and Center in the 2013 Legislative Session]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-care-to-be-front-and-center-in-the-2013-legislative-session</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Signs that health policy will be front-and-center during the 2013 legislative session emerged today with word that Mark Ferrandino, speaker-designate of the Democratic majority House of Representatives, has created a second health-related committe...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Ground-Level View of Colorado’s Long-Term Services and Supports System]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-ground-level-view-of-colorados-long-term-services-and-supports-system</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How people enter the long-term services and supports (LTSS) system might not sound like a sexy topic in the health policy realm. But for people who work on the front lines and at the state level, this is an area that generates a lot of interest. C...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Where from Here? Analyzing the 2012 Election and Health Policy in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/where-from-here-analyzing-the-2012-election-and-health-policy-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s over!&nbsp;
Years of campaigning.&nbsp; Six billion dollars in campaign spending. Three presidential, one vice-presidential and dozens of Republican primary debates. &nbsp;One million political ads&mdash;and as a swing state, we ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Transparency in Health Care: Colorado’s New Tool]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/transparency-in-health-care-colorados-new-tool</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Economics 101 teaches us that there are several fundamental conditions for competitive markets to function:&nbsp;

Consumers of products and services have sufficient information to make informed choices about what they consume.
...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-12</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Dynamics of Health Care: Federalism and State Choice
Alan Weil, president of the National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP), gave a very thoughtful presentation at the annual conference earlier this month. In celeb...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Reasons We Use (or Don’t Use) Emergency Departments]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/reasons-we-use-or-dont-use-emergency-departments</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Consider these stories:

A 50-year-old man slips on the ice and breaks a hip;
A mother discovers that her 3-year old son has an escalating fever at 2 a.m.;
A 30-year-old homeless woman complains of a sore throat and s...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Useful Tools for Tough Conversations]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/useful-tools-for-tough-conversations</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What&rsquo;s your go-to defense mechanism when you&rsquo;re having a difficult conversation? Do you stand your ground at all costs, refusing to hear the other side of the story? Or do you back down and minimize your point of view to avoid an uncom...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicaid, Colorado and the Presidential Election]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/medicaid-colorado-and-the-presidential-election</link>
            <description><![CDATA[T-minus 14 days (and counting&hellip;)
It&rsquo;s official: You&rsquo;ve reached the home stretch of the 2012 election. Even for those of us who consider ourselves political junkies, the wall-to-wall political ads that come with living in a...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Peek Behind the Curtain: What Guides CHI]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-peek-behind-the-curtain-what-guides-chi</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We usually talk about the health policy work we do here, using data and analysis to inform decisions made across Colorado.&nbsp; But that work doesn&rsquo;t just magically happen. It is supported and guided by our board of trustees. While the tech...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[CEO Michele Lueck honored]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/ceo-michele-lueck-honored</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI&rsquo;s president and CEO, Michele Lueck, was honored at the Denver Business Journal&rsquo;s 2012 Power Book lunch today as one of the to...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[If You’ve Seen One Clinic, You’ve Seen One Clinic]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/if-youve-seen-one-clinic-youve-seen-one-clinic</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you&rsquo;ve seen one clinic, you&rsquo;ve seen one clinic.&rdquo; &ndash; Brooke Powers, Program Manager, &nbsp;ClinicNET
I couldn&rsquo;t agree more.
I had the opportunity recently to visit three safety net clini...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[CHI Releases Photo Book to Mark 10 Years]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/chi-releases-photo-book-to-mark-10-years</link>
            <description><![CDATA[
What do you get when you put a bunch of health policy wonks, some data dudes and about a hundred of Colorado&rsquo;s smartest and most creative philanthropists, lawmakers, nonprofit leaders, educators and h...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sneak Preview of "Colorado: A Picture of Health"]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/sneak-preview-of-colorado-a-picture-of-health</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI is releasing its 10th anniversary commemorative photo book, &ldquo;Colorado: A Picture of Health&rdquo; on Thursday. I traveled across the state, taking pictures of Coloradans on the front lines of health care. The goal was to show ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Making Sense of Recent Estimates of Colorado’s Uninsured]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/making-sense-of-recent-estimates-of-colorados-uninsured</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How many Coloradans are uninsured? This is an important question for Colorado policymakers and health leaders as they work to expand health insurance coverage and access to health care. Research shows that having health insurance can make a differ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Final Dates Announced for CHI Tenth Anniversary Webinar Series]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/final-dates-announced-for-chi-tenth-anniversary-webinar-series</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What are some opportunities for cost containment in Colorado's Medicaid program, and how does care coordination fit in? What's in store for the 2013 session of the Colorado General Assembly?&nbsp;Will Colorado decide to participate in the Affordab...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Accountable Care Collaborative and the Three-Legged Stool]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-accountable-care-collaborative-and-the-three-legged-stool</link>
            <description><![CDATA[&ldquo;To achieve better care quality, better health outcomes and lower health costs.&rdquo;
That&rsquo;s the Triple Aim, or the &ldquo;three-legged stool,&rdquo; behind many health reform efforts, including Colorado&rsquo;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Child Obesity Awareness Month: A Colorado Update]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/child-obesity-awareness-month-a-colorado-update</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Obesity is top of mind for many these days.
What&rsquo;s the problem? &nbsp;The recently released report F as in Fat projected that Colorado&rsqu...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Census Bureau Uninsured Estimates, Part 2: The American Community Survey]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-census-bureau-uninsured-estimates-part-2-the-american-community-survey</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Today marks the second in a series of two data releases from the U.S. Census Bureau this month: findings from the 2011 American Community Survey (ACS) were released this morning.
On the national level, approximately 46.4 million Americans w...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-11</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Medicaid Expansion: Let the Discussion Begin
As we head into fall, our thoughts turn to the upcoming legislative session.&nbsp; I am frequently asked about the big issues in 2013, but given the unpredictability of the natio...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Census Bureau Uninsured Estimates, Part 1: The Current Population Survey]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-census-bureau-uninsured-estimates-part-1-the-current-population-survey</link>
            <description><![CDATA[New estimates of uninsured Coloradans are big news at CHI. Today marked the first in a series of two data releases from the U.S. Census Bureau this month: findings from the 2011 Current Population Survey (the CPS) are hot-off-the-(electronic)-pres...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[On the Road and Finding the Care in Health Care]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/on-the-road-and-finding-the-care-in-health-care</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Creative Services Manager Brian Clark is on the road capturing images of health care in Colorado for a special upcoming CHI project. He is f...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Choosing a Benchmark Health Insurance Plan: Decision or Default?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/choosing-a-benchmark-health-insurance-plan-decision-or-default</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Essential health benefits are the minimum set of ten health services that must be included in most health in...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Health Reform and Unintended Consequences
Ed Sealover, in last week&rsquo;s Denver Business Journal, reported on a new survey from Mercer, the large human resources consulting firm. Mercer&rsquo;s findings suggest ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Policy Infographic Round-Up: August 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-policy-infographic-round-up-august-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As a data visualization junkie and aspiring health policy wonk, few things are more exciting to me than finding a great new infographic. Luckily, August has been a terrific month in that respect. Our Twitter feed has been full of interesting visua...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-9</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Finding Hope for Improving Health Amidst Tragedy
Like many other Coloradans, I have struggled over the past weeks &ndash; both professionally and personally - to come to terms with the Aurora theater shootings.
What ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Overcoming Information Overload]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/overcoming-information-overload</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you live in a swing state, campaign season can be overwhelming to say the least. &nbsp;With a little more than two months to go until the election, voters in Colorado are being inundated with competing and often contradictory political messag...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[On The Road and Thinking About Life]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/on-the-road-and-thinking-about-life</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Creative Services Manager Brian Clark is on the road capturing images of health care in Colorado for a special upcoming CHI project. He is filing occasional dispatches from the road to highlight some of the people and places he encounters....]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hitting The Road]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/hitting-the-road</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Creative Services Manager Brian Clark is on the road capturing images of health care in Colorado for a special upcoming CHI project. He is filing occasional dispatches from the road to highlight some of the people and places he encounters....]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-8</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Our View of Health Care: Does it Matter Where We Live?

Earlier this week, the &ldquo;Chronicle of Philanthropy&rdquo; released a new study titl...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New CHI Resources For Safety Net Clinic Week]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-chi-resources-for-safety-net-clinic-week</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The health care safety net serves as the primary source of care for Colorado&rsquo;s most vulnerable residents. With more than 800,000 uninsured Coloradans, historically high public health insurance caseloads and escalating health care ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Checking In Three Months Later: CHI’s New Website]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/checking-in-three-months-later-chis-new-website</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been just over three months since CHI launched our new website and a lot has happened. The Supreme Court ruled on the Affordable Care Act and CHI was able to react quickly and post ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Obesity Data for Colorado: The Good, The Bad and The (Slightly) Complicated]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-obesity-data-for-colorado-the-good-the-bad-and-the-slightly-complicated</link>
            <description><![CDATA[One in five Coloradans were obese in 2011, according to new prevalence rates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The Good: What&rsquo;s good ab...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Medicaid Expansion Decision: Who Will Be Affected?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-medicaid-expansion-decision-who-will-be-affected</link>
            <description><![CDATA[by Claire Zellie
In the wake of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on the Affordable Care Act, states are now deciding whether to expand their joint federal-state Medicaid programs to cover additional low-income residents. And while ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Caring for Dual Eligibles: Colorado on the Front Lines]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/caring-for-dual-eligibles-colorado-on-the-front-lines</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are nearly nine million individuals in the United States who are enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid--about 70,000 of them in Colorado.
These &ldquo;dual eligibles&rdquo; are considered some of the highest need and lowest income individ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finding the Sweet Spot]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/finding-the-sweet-spot</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When you are trying to solve a problem, how do you know what will work? And if the answer isn&rsquo;t clear, how do you decide what to do? Those questions were asked a lot last week at the 14th ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Gets Measured Gets Changed: An Opportunity Missed?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-gets-measured-gets-changed-an-opportunity-missed</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We must first measure obesity in order to change it.
As a nurse practitioner with experience in preventive cardiology and an MPH student at the Colorado School of Public Health, I have followed with great interest&nbsp;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Health Care Payment Approaches at Work in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-health-care-payment-approaches-at-work-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Co-authored by Edie Sonn,&nbsp;Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, CIVHC
Changing how we pay for health care &ndash; the process of moving from the current fee-for-service, pay-for-volume method to paying instead for quality and...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Consumer-driven Insurance Plans: An Alternative to the ACA?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/consumer-driven-insurance-plans-an-alternative-to-the-aca</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While opponents are clearly unified in their continued efforts to overturn the Affordable Care Act, it is less clear what they are proposing as an alternative.
A recent trip I took to the Woodstock for health services research geeks &ndash;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From the Front Lines: Lessons on Care Coordination]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-the-front-lines-lessons-on-care-coordination</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI, to learn how care coordination occurs on the front lines of the Colorado Medicaid Accountable Care Collaborative (ACC), conducted more than&nbsp; 20 key informant interviews with health care providers, care coordinators and Regional Care Coll...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sticky Notes, Young Invincibles and the Affordable Care Act]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/sticky-notes-young-invincibles-and-the-affordable-care-act</link>
            <description><![CDATA[New to Denver, I was eager to check out the central branch of the public library, which seemed more like a castle than a library to me. (Note to my hometown of Providence, Rhode Island: Sorry, but the Denver Public Library definitely wins.)
...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Choosing a Benchmark Health Insurance Plan: What is Essential for Colorado?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/choosing-a-benchmark-health-insurance-plan-what-is-essential-for-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the wake of the Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), next on the agenda for Colorado...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-7</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Big hurdles for Olympians and the ACA
My friend and I have a running joke about the Olympics. Every four years we recall what we know about minute details of arcane sports.&nbsp; Then we get smart on even more minutia, th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Unwanted Lesson in Care Coordination]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/an-unwanted-lesson-in-care-coordination</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On the afternoon of May 31, our two-year-old son, Eli, was coughing and having trouble breathing, so my wife took him to the emergency room at St. Joseph&rsquo;s Hospital. That was the beginning of three weeks in Children&rsquo;s Hospital for Eli ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Supreme Court Decision: What We Know, What We Don’t]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-supreme-court-decision-what-we-know-what-we-dont</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re reading this blog, there&rsquo;s a good chance you also spent Thursday morning listening for the &ldquo;click-click-click&rdquo; on SCOTUSblog, waiting for ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-6</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the past few days, I have been in Orlando, Fla., at Academy Health&rsquo;s Annual Research Meeting. It&rsquo;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New Revenue Forecast Offers Breather for State Budget]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-revenue-forecast-offers-breather-for-state-budget</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I think we can all remember &ndash; since it was as recent as last year &ndash; when every new economic forecast from the Colorado Legislative Council meant another round of cuts in order to balance the state budget.
In March, the forecast ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[An Updated Profile of Colorado’s Uninsured Adults]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/an-updated-profile-of-colorados-uninsured-adults</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Question: Which group of Coloradans is twice as likely to be uninsured as the average adult in the state?
Answer: Adults below the federal poverty level who don&rsquo;t have dependent children.
This ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2012 Farm Bill: What’s Health Got to Do With It?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2012-farm-bill-whats-health-got-to-do-with-it</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As summer approaches, farmer&rsquo;s markets have begun to sprout up in neighborhoods and parks across much of Colorado. Do the tables heaped with fresh produce make you think about health? I certainly feel better about myself while filling my bas...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-3</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Alamosa and the San Luis Valley. I co-presented the results of the annual ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2012 Legislation in Review: The Four “E”s]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2012-legislation-in-review-the-four-es</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Health care policy during the 2012 legislature may have lacked the pyrotechnical drama of civil unions and special sessions. But much good and thoughtful work was done, particularly in rethinking how to make existing programs work better for clien...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-2</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, Chuck Reyman of The Colorado Health Foundation sent me a provocative book.&nbsp;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Picture of Health]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-picture-of-health</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What this Analysis with Altitude entry lacks in actual analysis, it makes up for in pictures of cute kids with access to health care. I hope you&rsquo;ll accept that trade.
To view the album, click&nbsp;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[One in 10 Colorado Veterans Has No Health Insurance]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/one-in-10-colorado-veterans-has-no-health-insurance</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Memorial Day is supposed to be a day of honoring our nation&rsquo;s veterans. However, a study published May 24 shows that 10 percent of the veterans here in Colorado do not even have health insurance.
One in 10 of the nation&rsquo;s 12.5 m...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-5</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last week, I attended the National Network of Public Health Institute&rsquo;s annual conference in New Orleans.&nbsp; I was aware of the complete irony of scheduling a public health con...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Coffee, Uninsurance and Relationships]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/coffee-uninsurance-and-relationships</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Coffee drinkers, rejoice. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests drinking coffee may help you live longer....]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Walking and Workplace Wellness]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/walking-and-workplace-wellness</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you are like most white-collar Americans, your day may involve these walks:

From the bed to the shower
From the shower to the breakfast table
From the breakfast table to the garage
(Interruption: Drive to...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[So, what keeps you coming back for more?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/so-what-keeps-you-coming-back-for-more</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What do physicians find most satisfying about their life and work in rural Colorado? Well, according to the docs themselves, it&rsquo;s a mix of personal factors and professional pride.
Although much of Colorado is composed of rural areas, ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[First Dates Announced for CHI Tenth Anniversary Webinar Series]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/first-dates-announced-for-chi-tenth-anniversary-webinar-series</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Note: To view the second half of our webinar series (October - December 2012), click here.
What are some opportu...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-4</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, The New York Times reported on an outbreak of pertussis &ndash; otherwise known as whopping cough &ndash;in Washington state. Public health and state officials have declared an epidemic &ndash; with 10 times more diagnosed ca...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Season of Health Policy Innovation]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-season-of-health-policy-innovation</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When this session began, there was much concern about the slow economic recovery and the inability of the state&rsquo;s revenues to keep up with the increasing demand for state services.&nbsp; The frustration of trying to balance the budget and to...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Care in a Post-ACA World: What Can History Tell Us?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-care-in-a-post-aca-world-what-can-history-tell-us</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m a fan of history. I&rsquo;m even more a fan of what we can learn from history. While we await the Supreme Court&rsquo;s constitutional prognosis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), I&rsquo;ve been reflecting on how &ndash; if at all &ndash...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With all of the attention on the U.S. Supreme Court and issues of the individual mandate, severability and Medicaid expansion, it&rsquo;s easy to lose sight of the most important concept of health reform &ndash; and that&rsquo;s affordability itse...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: May 4, 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-may-4-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s fitting that the last bill passed by the House Health and Environment Committee embodies one of the prevailing themes of this legislative session: improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government.&nbsp; SB 12-108, sponsored by S...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Long-term Care: A Long-term Problem]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/long-term-care-a-long-term-problem</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Long-term services and supports are those services people need to perform their daily activities due to physical, cognitive or mental disabilities.&nbsp; They range from nursing facility care to help at home with bathing or feeding.&nbsp;
T...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ensuring Patient Safety with an Updated Professional Review Process]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/ensuring-patient-safety-with-an-updated-professional-review-process</link>
            <description><![CDATA[HB 12-1300, sponsored by Representative Bob Gardner (R) and Senator Irene Aguilar (D), would continue and improve the Colorado Professional Review Act (CPRA), which governs the process that physicians use to review the quality of patient care prov...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Our CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-our-ceo</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new CHI. As you can see, we have been busy renovating  our website. This reflects our new emphasis on making research, analysis  and insight accessible and available to those who need it when they  need it.
That means, since ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[T-minus 20 and counting...]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/t-minus-20-and-counting</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Twenty more days of the 2012 session and there is much to do.
Among&nbsp;the 30 health bills that CHI has been following this session, half are unresolved, ten have been approved and five have been voted down. (...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Finding joy in evaluation?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/finding-joy-in-evaluation</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Imagination. Creativity. Joy.
These aren&rsquo;t the first words that come to mind when I think of the challenges facing our health system. But recent experiences are helping me see otherwise. Jacob Scott, whom you may not know but really s...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: April 13, 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-april-13-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last fall, CHI released a report about the demand for primary care health professionals if more than 500,000 more Coloradans are insured in 2016 (with implementation of national health reform). We found that the newly insured would generate 256,00...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: April 6, 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-april-6-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Long Bill &ndash; the eagerly-awaited state budget bill introduced in the House Wednesday &ndash; gives us an updated look at the FY 2012-13 appropriations for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF).
Thanks to an impr...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What States Can Do Even Without The Mandate]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-states-can-do-even-without-the-mandate</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s Note: Joan Henneberry is a principal at Health Management Associates, &nbsp;an independent&nbsp;national research and consulting firm specializing in complex health care programs and policy issues. Prev...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Creating Better Choices]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/creating-better-choices</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If you&rsquo;re feeling unproductive today, take a minute to think about all the choices you&rsquo;ve faced and the decisions you&rsquo;ve made.
How did you get to work&mdash;drive, or maybe catch the bus or ride your bicycle? Was breakfast...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: April 2, 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-april-2-2012</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Payment Reform Update
There is much more momentum in the payment reform movement in the legislature. Two weeks ago (March 16th) we blogged about two proposals that were being considered.&nbsp; Both measures have ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What do Todd Park, Katie Couric, Francis Collins and Cookie Monster Have in Common?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-do-todd-park-katie-couric-francis-collins-and-cookie-monster-have-in-common</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Todd Park, chief technology officer at the White House. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Katie Couric, special correspondent to ABC News. Co...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Affordability of Health Insurance in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/affordability-of-health-insurance-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The affordability of health insurance is a complicated issue of critical importance in Colorado and across the nation. Last month, The Colorado Trust published&nbsp;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New CHI estimates: How many Colorado children are eligible but not enrolled in Medicaid or CHP+?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-chi-estimates-how-many-colorado-children-are-eligible-but-not-enrolled-in-medicaid-or-chp</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, CHI estimates the number of uninsured Colorado children who are eligible for public health insurance programs but are not enrolled in them (EBNE). Using data from the 2010 American Community Survey, we looked at the number of kids&nbsp;...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: March 23]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-march-23</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Joint Budget Committee last week denied a request by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to increase the co-payments charged to Medicaid enrollees for services. At the same time, the JBC approved increased co-payments for CHP+ s...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s New In The 2011 Colorado Health Report Card: Prevention In The Spotlight]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/whats-new-in-the-2011-colorado-health-report-card-prevention-in-the-spotlight</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, CHI produces the Colorado Health Report Card in partnership with the Colorado Health Foundation. The 2011 Report Card, released this morn...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Dialogue about Grand Junction]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-dialogue-about-grand-junction</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorado&rsquo;s very own Grand Junction was once again in the national spotlight in an analysis released last week by The Commonwealth Fund. The ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: March 16]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-march-16</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Joint Budget Committee, which reviewed the annual budget request  from the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing on Wednesday,  approved the majority of HCPF&rsquo;s requests but disagreed on one of its  major initiatives.
The ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: March 9]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-march-9</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado House on Monday (March 12) approved continuing an  innovative health care pilot program in Pueblo County for five years,  extending it until July 2017.&nbsp;&nbsp; Health Access Pueblo is a  community-based non-profit that seeks to pr...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why It’s Good to be Purple]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/why-its-good-to-be-purple</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As our legislature progresses through its season, I hear so many conversations that begin, &ldquo;In this legislative climate, it&rsquo;s almost impossible to . . . &rdquo;   A politically divided General Assembly makes enacting legislation diffic...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Are Companies Missing an Important Job Interview Question?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/are-companies-missing-an-important-job-interview-question</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A sense of purpose can go a long way in choosing where one works.&nbsp; It  did for me. &nbsp;After spending several years working for a few non-profits  with diverse missions (large hospital to an inner-city church) and  varied workforce size (th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: March 3]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-march-3</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In this weekly legislative update, we&rsquo;re focusing on SB 12-127,  a bill that addresses a ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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        <item>
            <title><![CDATA[When is a Trend Really a Trend?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/when-is-a-trend-really-a-trend</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the midst of frustrations regarding rapidly increasing insurance  premiums, welcome news came out of Massachusetts last week.&nbsp; Base  insurance rates for small businesses in Massachusetts will increase by  an average of only 1.8 percent thi...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can CO-OPs answer the cry of consumers?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/can-co-ops-answer-the-cry-of-consumers</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many of us remember the heated debate during the development of the  Affordable Care Act &nbsp;(ACA) surrounding the &ldquo;public option,&rdquo; which would  have created a publicly administered alternative to private health  insurance coverage. ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: February 24]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-february-24</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A bill to increase the transparency of hospitals around such issues  as financial assistance, charity care and payment policies passed a  significant milestone Thursday. Members of the Senate Health and Human  Services Committee unanimously approv...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nutrition Labels for Health Insurance]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/nutrition-labels-for-health-insurance</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I read food labels.  Yes, I&rsquo;m that person who blocks the grocery aisle (or at least part of  the aisle) as I compare ingredients and nutrition content. What I pay  closest attention to has changed over the years&mdash;first it was fat, then ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: February 17]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-february-17</link>
            <description><![CDATA[An emerging theme for the 2012 legislative session&mdash;the level and role of government regulation and oversight&mdash;gained traction last week with the introduction of two health-related bills. Both House Bill 12-1268 and House Bill 12-1294 se...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Supreme Battle over the Individual Mandate]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-supreme-battle-over-the-individual-mandate</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has a front row seat for what  may be one of the most exciting events in 2012. No, I&rsquo;m not talking  about the Summer Olympics, the end of the Mayan calendar or CHI&rsquo;s 10th anniversary. I...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What regions in Colorado will benefit most from ACA coverage expansions?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-regions-in-colorado-will-benefit-most-from-aca-coverage-expansions</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Earlier this morning, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a fascinating map that examined the effects of the health insurance coverage expansions  contained wi...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Sickness and Health, Economy Continues to Drive Health Care Utilization]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/in-sickness-and-health-economy-continues-to-drive-health-care-utilization</link>
            <description><![CDATA[
Health  care utilization will continue to be depressed as long as the nation&rsquo;s  economic woes continue, Wall Street analyst Carl McDonald said at the  AcademyHealth policy conference. The economy has historically driven  hea...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The bumpy road to health reform at the state level]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-bumpy-road-to-health-reform-at-the-state-level</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The challenges of implementing national health reform at the state  level took center stage at the opening plenary session of  AcademyHealth's National Health Policy Conference in Washington, D.C.,  this morning.
It is not for the faint of ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: February 10]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-february-10</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Three proposals have been introduced this session to reform the state  Medicaid program to address the increasing expenditures of the program.  Each proposal has taken a different approach to reduce costs.&nbsp; The  first, SB12-032, required the ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Planning For A New Year]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/planning-for-a-new-year</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI is fresh from a staff retreat to develop ideas for 2012.&nbsp; The day  involved breakouts, bagels and even a workout&mdash;we were at the Greenwood  Village Athletic Club, after all. It was interesting to see who picked  power yoga over swimm...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: February 3]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-february-3</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This week and next week we will be updating the list of  health-related bills we are watching as they are introduced. The  deadline for all bills was Wednesday, February 1. Many of the bills we  are tracking are already moving through committees, ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[In Many Cases, Uninsurance Is Not Like The Flu]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/in-many-cases-uninsurance-is-not-like-the-flu</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Two years ago around this time, I came down with the flu. I had held  off on getting a flu shot because I was not one of the priority  populations identified during the swine flu epidemic. Then, I neglected  to get one once I had the chance. Low a...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The CHI Weekly Legislative Update: January 27]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-chi-weekly-legislative-update-january-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As the 2012 session of the Colorado Legislature gets underway, the  Colorado Health Institute is closely tracking all things health policy  over at the Capitol.
CHI will provide weekly updates focusing on  health-related bills, important di...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Jon Stewart Taught Me About Essential Health Benefits]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-jon-stewart-taught-me-about-essential-health-benefits</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As a  twenty-something, I get my health policy news from a variety of sources:  Twitter, daily email digests, Kaiser Health News, blogs, and even the  hard-copy New York Times on Sunday morning. &nbsp;But after my  Twitter feed lit up wit...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lessons Learned: Actually Asking Consumers What They Think]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/lessons-learned-actually-asking-consumers-what-they-think</link>
            <description><![CDATA[We all talk about how important the consumer perspective is to any  initiative that alters the way health care is delivered or compensated.  But how often do we actually reach out to average consumers and find out  what they think about our new id...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Guess it wasn't the wall after all]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/guess-it-wasnt-the-wall-after-all</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Sorry, Broncos fans, we tried.
Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Bill  Belichick&rsquo;s hoodie and the New England Patriots proved to be too much  for the overmatched Denver Broncos Saturday night, despite CHI&rsquo;s best  efforts.
Allow ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislative Opportunities and Trends 2012]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislative-opportunities-and-trends-2012-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[While the Colorado legislature has much to deliberate this session,  including economic development, job creation and education reform, one  of the top items on its list will be reducing health care expenditures.
As Governor Hickenlooper sa...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Personal Reflection on Parenting, Obesity and HEAL]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-personal-reflection-on-parenting-obesity-and-heal</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last week, The Denver Post published this article about how 1950s mothers (or rather the practices prescribed by their  doctors) may have unwittingly contributed ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[1.637 Billion Reasons Why Obesity Matters to Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/1.637-billion-reasons-why-obesity-matters-to-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[1.637 billion is a really big number. It&rsquo;s twice as big as the number  of Facebook users worldwide, and that many people would fill every  major sports arena in Denver approximately 10,000 times. 1.637 billion  dollars would buy you 7,000 ne...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2011: Colorado Health Year in Review (Part 2)]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2011-colorado-health-year-in-review-part-2</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This is the second part of a series by CHI's Jeff  Bontrager on the top health stories in Colorado in 2011. The first part  is available&nbsp;here...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2011: Colorado Health Year in Review (Part 1)]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2011-colorado-health-year-in-review-part-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;m a list guy. I love the week before New Year&rsquo;s Eve because every  media outlet seems to develop &ldquo;Best of&rdquo; lists, whether it&rsquo;s books,  albums, sports moments, YouTube videos or fashion faux pas. In the  spirit of lo...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Colorado Health Institute Blog Posts of 2011]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/top-10-colorado-health-institute-blog-posts-of-2011</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s note: In the spirit of year-end wrap-up lists, this week  Analysis with Altitude will highlight the most popular publications,  news stories, and blog posts of 2011. Yesterday:...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top 10 Colorado Health Institute Publications of 2011]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/top-10-colorado-health-institute-publications-of-2011</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: In the spirit of year-end wrap-up lists, this  week Analysis with Altitude will highlight the most popular  publications, news stories, and blog posts of 2011. Today: Top 10 CHI  Publications. Tomorrow: Top 10 Blog Posts. Thur...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Now, It’s Up to the States]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/now-its-up-to-the-states</link>
            <description><![CDATA[As most political observers last week watched the fate of short-term  fixes &ndash; payroll tax relief, the Medicare &lsquo;doc fix&rsquo; and the like &ndash; those  of us in the health policy world were struck by other late-breaking  news.
...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Promising News for Young Adults' Health Insurance Coverage]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/promising-news-for-young-adults-health-insurance-coverage</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The number of young adults with insurance coverage has increased  substantially across the country as a result of a policy change under  federal health reform.&nbsp; The ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Health Reform Law in 2012: Changes Keep Coming]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-health-reform-law-in-2012-changes-keep-coming</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Both proponents and opponents of the federal health care reform law  are awaiting the outcome of the U.S. Supreme Court&rsquo;s ruling on the  constitutionality of the law&rsquo;s individual mandate. But as we wait for a  ruling on the most public...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[New CHI analysis gives first look at need for primary care providers after health care reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/new-chi-analysis-gives-first-look-at-need-for-primary-care-providers-after-health-care-reform-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[
A new analysis by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) estimates  that Colorado will need to add between 83 and 141 primary care providers  &ndash; physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants &ndash; to care  for the estimated 51...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Herding Colorado Health Indicators]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/herding-colorado-health-indicators</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: Alison Grace Bui is the Public Health Data  Coordinator in the Health Statistics Section at the Colorado Department  of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE). She provides technical  assistance to data users on local data and sp...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is it possible to contain Medicaid costs without just cutting benefits or payments?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/is-it-possible-to-contain-medicaid-costs-without-just-cutting-benefits-or-payments</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Mention Medicaid and there seems to be no shortage of concerns. Will  Colorado be able to cover everyone who needs the public health insurance  program? Can we afford to? Can we afford not to? Regardless of the  viewpoint, all sides agree Medicaid...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Long-term Services and Supports in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/long-term-services-and-supports-in-colorado-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[With the recent focus on the aging population, long-term services and  supports (LTSS, formerly long-term care) are getting their day in the  spotlight. People are beginning to take a hard look at this behemoth  system that in Colorado covers thre...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can retail clinics lower the cost of health care?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/can-retail-clinics-lower-the-cost-of-health-care</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Kaiser Health News and NPR reported that Walmart had issued a ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The pinch on employer benefits]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-pinch-on-employer-benefits</link>
            <description><![CDATA[When I began my professional career over a decade ago, I didn&rsquo;t give a  second thought to employer benefits, particularly health insurance. I  was a healthy &ldquo;young invincible&rdquo; and rarely went to the doctor. The dent  in my payche...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2011 Colorado Health Access Survey provides what other surveys miss]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2011-colorado-health-access-survey-provides-what-other-surveys-miss</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Where do uninsured Coloradans go when they need medical care? How  much do insured people pay out-of-pocket for health care? While many  data sources provide the percentage (or number) of people in Colorado  who lack health insurance, the Colorado...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Making Data Cool for Non-Geeks: Highlights from the 2011 Culture of Data Conference]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/making-data-cool-for-non-geeks-highlights-from-the-2011-culture-of-data-conference</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Todd Park gets more excited about health data than just about anyone I  know. (And coming from a researcher at a health policy think tank, that  means a lot!) Park&rsquo;s official title is the Chief Technology Officer for  the U.S. Department of ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[National audience hears CHI safety net expert]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/national-audience-hears-chi-safety-net-expert</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI was invited to speak last week at a Grantmakers in Health &ldquo;Issue Dialogue&rdquo; in Washington, D.C.&nbsp; The meeting, &ldquo;Safety Net i...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Style and substance]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/style-and-substance</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Make it look pretty.
I get that marching order a lot. As a graphic designer, a key part of my job is to take a large amount of raw information, dress it up and send it out into th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Little pieces, the whole elephant: A portrait of the nurse and nurse aide workforce in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/little-pieces-the-whole-elephant-a-portrait-of-the-nurse-and-nurse-aide-workforce-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here at CHI we&rsquo;ve conducted a lot of workforce surveys, but each  survey on its own feels like just a piece of what&rsquo;s actually going on in  the wide world. It&rsquo;s like a group of blind men describing an elephant:  the man who feels...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[7 Billion and Counting...]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/7-billion-and-counting</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A friend asked me last week, &ldquo;So how is the World Health Organization  going to find the seven billionth person?&rdquo;&nbsp; I asked her to clarify.&nbsp;  &ldquo;Who is it going to be?&rdquo; she responded. &ldquo;You know, identifying who...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The “Apps Against Abuse”]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-apps-against-abuse</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Like any new iPhone user, I am obsessed with the latest and greatest  apps available for my phone. I spend far too much of my time reading  online blogs and posts about new apps.
I have come across two  wonderful apps that resulted from a &...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Uninsured Population in Colorado: Three-Year Estimates from the American Community Survey]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-uninsured-population-in-colorado-three-year-estimates-from-the-american-community-survey</link>
            <description><![CDATA[For the first time, Colorado has a three-year estimate of the number of Coloradans who don&rsquo;t have health insurance.
The  Census Bureau has just released its findings from the 2008-10 American  Community Survey (ACS) three-year estimat...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[How I learned the importance of a positive attitude and having health insurance]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/how-i-learned-the-importance-of-a-positive-attitude-and-having-health-insurance</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been almost exactly 15 years and I still remember that morning as if it were yesterday.
I woke up early and left my apartment for a 10-block walk to the Philadelphia Daily News,  where I worked as a reporter.&nbsp; It wa...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Insurance Estimates for All Counties]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-insurance-estimates-for-all-counties</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Census Bureau has released 2008 and 2009 estimates of health  insurance coverage for each of the roughly 3,140 counties in the United  States. These Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) are of such  interest because they currentl...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Essential Benefits: The Balancing Act]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/essential-benefits-the-balancing-act</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In the flurry to study and understand all the parts and pieces of the  federal health reform law, it is easy to lose sight of the original  goals. &nbsp;Three of the basic objectives are to improve coverage for the  uninsured, to improve the quali...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Primary Care Workforce: An Advanced Practice Nurse Solution?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/primary-care-workforce-an-advanced-practice-nurse-solution</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI estimates that federal health reform will result in more than  540,000 Coloradans (10 percent of the state&rsquo;s population) becoming newly  insured by 2014, leading to increased use of primary care services  across the state. Here at CHI, w...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Making Data Cool for Non-Geeks: Highlights from the 2011 Culture of Data Conference]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/making-data-cool-for-non-geeks-highlights-from-the-2011-culture-of-data-conference-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Todd Park gets more excited about health data than just about anyone I  know. (And coming from a researcher at a health policy think tank, that  means a lot!) Park&rsquo;s official title is the Chief Technology Officer for  the U.S. Department of ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Can we have it all? A look at value-based insurance design]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/can-we-have-it-all-a-look-at-value-based-insurance-design</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Policy initiatives at the state and federal levels are being rolled  out in order to increase health insurance coverage. At the same time,  policymakers and employers are struggling with how to contain insurance  costs. &nbsp;&nbsp;Here&rsquo;s th...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Watching the Zigs and Zags of Health Reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/watching-the-zigs-and-zags-of-health-reform</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Eighteen months after the federal health reform law was signed into  law by President Obama, the debate, controversy and media coverage  surrounding it haven&rsquo;t slowed a bit. If you Google &ldquo;health care reform  law &ndash; news,&rdquo; 6...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Test Your Health Speak Abilities]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/test-your-health-speak-abilities</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I&rsquo;ve been working for CHI for slightly over a year, and I am just  beginning to feel comfortable with the Colorado health&nbsp;lexicon.&nbsp; Full  disclosure: I even had a head start &ndash; my wife worked as a senior  research analyst at C...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Insurance Coverage in Colorado: Differing Estimates]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-insurance-coverage-in-colorado-differing-estimates</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Spoiler alert: this blog is about data. Nonetheless, I hope you keep  reading. I don&rsquo;t think anyone would dispute the necessity of data; the  information enables us to paint and interpret the landscape of reality.  For example, how many ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[My New (Medical) Home]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/my-new-medical-home</link>
            <description><![CDATA[You&rsquo;ve no doubt heard the term Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH).  And you might have a vague idea about its definition. But if someone  asked you to describe it in a sentence or two, could you?
First,  the basic concept: PCMH isn&...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Colorado ranks high for long-term care services]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/colorado-ranks-high-for-long-term-care-services</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Providing long-term care services often proves to be a disjointed,  costly endeavor, and we now have another way to rank how well Colorado  compares to other states. &ldquo;Raising Expect...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A First Glimpse: Estimating Health Reform’s Impact in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-first-glimpse-estimating-health-reforms-impact-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Jonathan Gruber knows more about health insurance exchanges than most  people in this country. That&rsquo;s because he helped design the  Massachusetts insurance exchange, he sits on the board of that exchange  (known as the Connector), and he is ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Information and Action: Addressing Health Disparities in Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/information-and-action-addressing-health-disparities-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last week I attended the second annual Latino Health Summit presented  by United for Health. The group, which started in March 2010, addresses  health disparities among the Latino community.
In 2009,  Hispanics/Latinos were more likely to e...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Let the (Health Insurance) Estimates Begin.]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/let-the-health-insurance-estimates-begin</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: A CHI publication on the new state level findings can be found here.
It&rsquo;s the season for new est...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Q&A with Gretchen Hammer: New exchange board leader on creating connections]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/qa-with-gretchen-hammer-new-exchange-board-leader-on-creating-connections</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Gretchen Hammer, executive director of the Colorado Coalition for  the Medically Underserved (CCMU), has stepped into the spotlight as  interim chair of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Board. In her new  role, Hammer will help lay the gro...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Legislation in Review: Advancing Health in Uncertain Times]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/legislation-in-review-advancing-health-in-uncertain-times</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The break between legislative sessions offers a good time to step  back for some historical perspective.&nbsp; Are there trends that form a  pattern, a theme or consistent approach? And can those trends predict  what may come next or teach us whic...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Counting the Hard-to-Count: The latest on APNs & PAs]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/counting-the-hard-to-count-the-latest-on-apns-pas</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Here at CHI we are working on quantifying the effect of health reform  on the need for additional primary care &ndash; and what that might mean for  the state&rsquo;s health care workforce. We recently had a question come up  about the contributio...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Q&A: The Changing World of Colorado’s Safety Net Providers]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/qa-the-changing-world-of-colorados-safety-net-providers</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor&rsquo;s note: This is the second of two posts related to the  health care safety net to coincide with Colorado Safety Net Clinic Week  last week, August 22-26, 2011. CHI has also updated our ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Uninsured? Hope you can wait…]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/uninsured-hope-you-can-wait</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Editor's note: This post is the first of two posts related to the  health care safety net to coincide with Colorado Safety Net Clinic  Week, August 22-26, 2011.
Gustavo came to visit before going  to grad school in Washington, but ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Turning downtime into community time]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/turning-downtime-into-community-time</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s a hard job to provide health care to Colorado&rsquo;s rural residents  when you consider 20 percent of the state&rsquo;s population is spread across  80 percent of its land. Many of the state&rsquo;s rural counties face a  critical shor...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[A promising tool for meeting primary care needs]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/a-promising-tool-for-meeting-primary-care-needs</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The advent of health reform, and the 500,000 Coloradans who will be  newly insured, are leading many in the state to ask the next obvious  questions: Where are these newly insured people going to seek medical  care?&nbsp;And, just as important, wh...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Rural Health Workforce Dilemma: Searching for Solutions]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-rural-health-workforce-dilemma-searching-for-solutions</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Colorado&rsquo;s rural landscape ranges from the vast Eastern Plains to the  soaring mountains of the Western Slope. But the geographic diversity of  our state masks one troubling similarity &ndash; the challenges faced by  residents of rural Colo...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why Health Reform Matters to a Twenty-Something]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/why-health-reform-matters-to-a-twenty-something</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I was in college when I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. I was on my  mom&rsquo;s health insurance plan through her employer, a university. &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve  never taken any time off so you kids would always have health  insurance,&rdquo; she had...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health Reform: A Big Question]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-reform-a-big-question</link>
            <description><![CDATA[What can we expect as health reform moves people from the rolls of  the uninsured to the insured? In Colorado, for example, CHI estimates  that state and federal reforms will result in 159,000 adults newly  enrolled in Medicaid&mdash;an insurance ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Picturing Obesity Trends: The Animated Version]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/picturing-obesity-trends-the-animated-version</link>
            <description><![CDATA[If a picture is worth a thousand words, then an animated map  demonstrating the rising rate of obesity in the United States over the  past 25 years must be worth at least a million.
Check out this new offering from the Centers for Disease C...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Updating the Numbers: A Look Behind the Scenes]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/updating-the-numbers-a-look-behind-the-scenes</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI has updated its 2008 and 2009 estimates of uninsured children and  adults in Colorado who qualify for Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus  (CHP+). This is a glimpse into the process we took to revise our data.
First,  it&rsquo;s importan...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[What I Learned from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment - and what it means for Colorado]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/what-i-learned-from-the-oregon-health-insurance-experiment-and-what-it-means-for-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[A lottery usually brings to mind images of swirling ping-pong balls and dollar figures ending in multiple zeros. What it does not bring to mind are doctor&rsquo;s offices and health insurance applications.  Yet that is exactly what happen...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stories and Statistics]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/stories-and-statistics</link>
            <description><![CDATA[In case you &nbsp;haven&rsquo;t noticed, storytelling is in.&nbsp; Way in.&nbsp;  Foundations are using storytelling campaigns to highlight the work of  their grantees.&nbsp; Hospitals are using storytelling to help practitioners  improve patient ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Patient’s Not Always at Fault]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-patients-not-always-at-fault</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last month, I had major surgery. Six hours later, I was home. Eight  hours after that, I was on my way to the emergency room with internal  &nbsp;bleeding&nbsp; &ndash; &ldquo;not uncommon&rdquo; after this operation, the surgeons said.&nbsp;  Why...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[My Favorite Questions About Health Insurance Exchanges]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/my-favorite-questions-about-health-insurance-exchanges</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This is the second in the series of Frequently Asked Questions  (FAQs) about the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange planning efforts.&nbsp;  View questions 1-6 on The Colorado Trust&rsquo;s ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three New (and Exciting) Interactive Health Mapping Tools]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/three-new-and-exciting-interactive-health-mapping-tools</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Maps aren&rsquo;t just for road trips and treasure hunts anymore. As CHI&rsquo;s  Geographic Information Systems (GIS) specialist, I spend a lot of time  thinking about interesting ways to layer health data onto maps to reveal  relationships betwe...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dementia care training could save Medicaid dollars]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/dementia-care-training-could-save-medicaid-dollars</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Many of us in the health policy world are well aware that Medicaid  consumes a significant proportion of the state budget every year. What  some of us may not realize is that elders and people with disabilities  comprise over half of the Medicaid ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[2010 Census data show Colorado’s still growing]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/2010-census-data-show-colorados-still-growing</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The 2010 Census state-level demographic results are in! The overall  Colorado population grew to 5,029,196&mdash;a 17 percent increase from 2000 to  2010.
The decennial census has several important uses, including:
--Census  data dir...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trusting the Numbers: The McKinsey Survey]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/trusting-the-numbers-the-mckinsey-survey</link>
            <description><![CDATA[McKinsey &amp; Company made waves earlier this month by releasing a report stating that &ldquo;Overall, 30 percent of emplo...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Safety Net Success Pre- and Post-Reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/safety-net-success-pre-and-post-reform</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I recently attended the National Academy for State Health Policy&rsquo;s  (NASHP) conference on implications of health reform implementation for  federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). The promise is a whole new  era of health delivery for ou...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Health care workforce in a reform context: Lessons from AcademyHealth's ARM 2011]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/health-care-workforce-in-a-reform-context-lessons-from-academyhealths-arm-2011</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Last week I attended AcademyHealth&rsquo;s Annual Research Meeting in  Seattle. Most of the sessions I attended focused on the implications of  health reform for the capacity of our health care system to deliver  timely primary care. Although the ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Building a New Marketplace]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/building-a-new-marketplace</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Call it Vendorpalooza, company speed dating, or more seriously,  having a strategic discussion with private sector firms:&nbsp; the question  remains - how do you find creative ways to build a health insurance  exchange? Building an exchange is co...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fast Fact Finder]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/fast-fact-finder</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered how many females live in Colorado (2,135,278)  compared to Alaska (302,820) or the percentage of Coloradan&rsquo;s who are  over 65 years of age (9.7%)?&nbsp; As a research associate at CHI, I am  regularly called upon to fi...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Medicare and the Role of Colorado’s Safety Net]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/medicare-and-the-role-of-colorados-safety-net</link>
            <description><![CDATA[I recently helped my parents enroll in Medicare and a supplemental  plan and this has given me pause to &nbsp;think about the program. Medicare  covers around 47 million seniors and disabled individuals, is highly  popular, and is the latest polit...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[CHI: Guiding Colorado communities through national health reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/chi-guiding-colorado-communities-through-national-health-reform</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Whether you&rsquo;re for or against national health reform, one thing is  certain: It&rsquo;s going to mean big changes for many Americans and for the  nation&rsquo;s health care workforce.
For an estimated 32 million Americans, ...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Three takeaways from Webinar #1: Publicly funded Insurance Programs]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/three-takeaways-from-webinar-1-publicly-funded-insurance-programs</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This summer, CHI is hosting a series of webinars designed especially  for Colorado health care leaders who need credible, timely information  to help them make informed decisions. Our first webinar, held yesterday,  was led by Amy Downs, CHI&rsquo...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Impact of Oral Disease on Colorado’s Children]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-impact-of-oral-disease-on-colorados-children</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Access to oral health care is often overlooked as we focus on  collective wisdom on ways to reform the medical health care system.  However, as the Surgeon General pointed out, &ldquo;oral health is integral to  general health&rdquo; and untreated...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[From Survival to Strategy]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/from-survival-to-strategy</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Health Institute has been around for almost eight years  now.&nbsp; We are constantly thinking &ndash; as I&rsquo;m sure you are - about our  long-term financial sustainability.&nbsp; We plan on continuing to inform the  dialogue arou...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Physician Assistants: A prescription for expanded access to quality health care]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/physician-assistants-a-prescription-for-expanded-access-to-quality-health-care</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This winter I took a nasty spill on the ice and injured my shoulder  and elbow. In pain, I was anxious to be evaluated by a health care  provider to make sure nothing was broken. My health plan scheduled me to  see a physician assistant (PA) who s...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Know your providers, Part 1: Advanced Practice Nurses]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/know-your-providers-part-1-advanced-practice-nurses</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Imagine a visit to your doctor&rsquo;s office. As you finish flipping  through a magazine in the waiting room, someone shows you to the exam  room, takes your blood pressure and hands you a gown. Your doctor is  still with a previous patient, so y...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Collaboration and #COHIEX]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/collaboration-and-cohiex</link>
            <description><![CDATA[It would be all too easy to cast this year&rsquo;s legislative session in a  politicized partisan light, because it has been a challenging session  for legislators in the Democratic-led Senate and the  Republican-controlled House. But last week, G...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Who will qualify under Colorado's Medicaid expansions?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/who-will-qualify-under-colorados-medicaid-expansions</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Meet Marty. Marty is a 58-year-old Denverite with an unparalleled  love for the Broncos. A former construction worker, he can&rsquo;t work  anymore due to a disability and spends most of his nights homeless.  Marty&rsquo;s diabetes and hypertensio...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Do health insurance CO-OPs belong in Colorado?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/do-health-insurance-co-ops-belong-in-colorado</link>
            <description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, April 26, CHI hosted a discussion of how consumer-operated and -oriented health insurance p...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Safety net clinics: Doing more with less (and less, and less...)]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/safety-net-clinics-doing-more-with-less-and-less-and-less</link>
            <description><![CDATA[This year, CHI has had a bird&rsquo;s-eye view of the happenings at the  State Capitol.&nbsp;We hosted a series of &ldquo;roundtables&rdquo; on timely health  policy topics.&nbsp;We have met with legislators as they have navigated the  very tricky...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Colorado Health Institute names Michele Lueck new president/CEO]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/colorado-health-institute-names-michele-lueck-new-presidentceo</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) Board of Trustees is pleased to  announce that Michele Lueck has been named new president and CEO of the  Denver-based nonprofit health policy Institute. Lueck brings 20 years of  health care data, informatics a...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hello in There: Are older Coloradans getting the information they need?]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/hello-in-there-are-older-coloradans-getting-the-information-they-need</link>
            <description><![CDATA[To date myself just a little&hellip;in the 1970s, a folk/blues singer  favorite of mine was John Prine. John composed and sang songs that  framed many of the hard social issues of the day in gritty and  oftentimes controversial lyrics. One of my a...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Colorado’s safety net needed after health reform? Learning from Massachusetts’ experience]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/is-colorados-safety-net-needed-after-health-reform-learning-from-massachusetts-experience</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Where does an uninsured Coloradan go for needed medical care? According to CHI&rsquo;s analysis of the 2008-09 Colorado Household Surv...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Addressing Health Care for People with Disabilities]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/addressing-health-care-for-people-with-disabilities</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Beth Newsom is a project coordinator at Kaiser Permanente. She  co-chairs the organization&rsquo;s People with Disabilities Association, is  part of the leadership network for the Rocky Mountain ADA Center and  regularly presents on disability...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[The 2008–09 Colorado Household Survey]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/the-200809-colorado-household-survey</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Where would a researcher or health care policy analyst go to get  information about how much Coloradans are spending on out-of-pocket  medical expenses? Or, where do uninsured Coloradans go when they need  medical care? There are many data sources...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[More than health insurance reform]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/more-than-health-insurance-reform</link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law on March 23, 2010 by President Obama is much  more than he...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Welcome]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/welcome</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Welcome to CHI HealthInsights, the Colorado Health  Institute&rsquo;s weekly blog. Through this forum, CHI staff will share  insights and commentary from the Institute&rsquo;s&nbsp;analysis of state and  federal health reform policies and...]]></description>
            <author>Colorado Health Institute</author>
            <date>Colorado Health Institute</date>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sneak Preview of "Colorado: A Picture of Health"]]></title>
            <link>http://coloradohealthinstitute.org/blog/detail/sneak-preview-of-colorado-a-picture-of-health-1</link>
            <description><![CDATA[CHI is releasing its 10th anniversary commemorative photo book, &ldquo;Colorado: A Picture of Health&rdquo; on Thursday. I traveled across the state, taking pictures of Coloradans on the front lines of health care. The goal was to show ...]]></description>
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