The Colorado Health Institute strives to be a trusted and leading source of credible analysis and expertise. From helping to interpret the health policy issues of the day, to parsing out a new piece of research, CHI is here to be a resource for journalists.
The health policy news is coming fast today.
Seema Verna, the Trump administration's head of Medicaid, released new guidance to allow states to require certain Medicaid recipients to prove they are working before they can get benefits.
And Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature.
CHI covers both developments in new blogs.
Click here for Teresa's Manocchio's look at the Medicaid change in Colorado.
The Colorado Trust outlines the big topics discussed at CHI's annual Hot Issues in Health Conference. Read the full story here.
The Colorado Springs Gazette highlighted Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman's comments on harm reduction and the opioid crisis at CHI's Hot Issues in Health. Read the full story here.
Denverite covered the governor's panels at CHI's Hot Issues in Health. Read the full story here.
Mental Health Colorado partnered with CHI to create their new data dashboard which helps track mental health indicators across age groups. The dashboard includes data from CHI’s Colorado Health Access Survey. Read more about the new data dashboard here
The national news organization FiveThirtyEight quotes CHI's Edmond Toy in a story examining the contrast between high insurance prices and long life expectancies in Colorado's mountain communities. Read the story here.
The Denver Post covers CHI's report which Coloradans paid the Affordable Care Act tax penalty. Read the story here.
Rocky Mountain Community Radio covers the 2017 Colorado Health Access Survey. Read or listen to the story here via Aspen Public Radio.
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