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Final blog in a series by Policy Analyst Tamara Keeney for Mental Health Month.
More than 442,000 Coloradans said they did not get the mental health care they needed in 2015. That’s nearly one of 10 residents of our state.
What do Betty White, Morgan Freeman and Bruce Springsteen have in common?
We all knew Colorado’s Medicaid expansion would have a huge impact on the state. But few expected it to be this much, this fast.
The week started early for a Colorado Health Institute crew with “CHAS at Church” Sunday morning at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Denver. Sara Schmitt and Tamara Keeney used data from the Colorado Health Access Survey to create a presentation titled “Unequal Health: A Spotlight on Colorado.”
In the midst of celebrating our state’s record-low 6.7 percent uninsurance rate, it can be easy to forget that this still means that more than 350,000 Coloradans lack health coverage.
A new analysis by the Colorado Health Institute takes a closer look at the state’s remaining uninsured.
Adolescence is a time of great change, many unknowns and great opportunity. And for some, it’s a critical time to get the help they need.
Our usually bustling offices seem like a ghost town today. A large chunk of the Colorado Health Institute staff is out on the road, dispersed as far northwest as Craig and as far southeast as New Orleans.
As the legislative session raced to a close, the tense final votes were like a down-to-the-wire basketball championship: a lot of drama building to an unsurprising ending.
This fourth installment of the "Better by Design" series focuses on the connection between housing and health.
Equity in behavioral health will only be achieved by addressing underlying disparities. This was my top takeaway from three days in Tampa learning about everything from the root cause of behavioral health disparities to early intervention in psychosis for children.