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While medicaid expansion has increased coverage of oral health statewide, there are still geographic disparities in oral health status, coverage, and access across Colorado. CHI's community health policy director, Sara Schmitt, provides insight on how dental insurance is a main driver for oral health disparities. Read the full article from the Colorado Trust here. 

CHI’s Joe Hanel discusses the impact the newly released Senate health care bill will have on Colorado's Medicaid recipients. Read the full story from the Colorado Springs Gazette here.

The Fort Collins Coloradoan looks to CHI for analysis of projected cuts in Colorado from the new Senate health bill. Read the story here.

The Colorado Health Institute is holding a webinar and publishing reports and graphics to help Coloradans understand the projected impacts of the Better Care Reconciliation Act.

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) could result in dramatic changes for Coloradans on Medicaid. CHI's senior policy and statistical analyst Emily Johnson reports that 600,000 fewer Colorado residents could be enrolled in the program by 2030. Read the full story from 5280 Magazine here. 

A column about a community college dental hygiene program in Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel cites CHI's research into the lack of dental services in parts of rural Colorado. Read the article here.

An opinion column in the national magazine The Week about a single-payer health care proposal in California cites CHI's analysis of the ColoradoCare ballot initiative. Read the article here.

As the American Health Care Act (AHCA) prepares to move to the Senate floor, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner is receiving a lot of pressure on how to push the bill forward. Gardner is one of 13 Senate Republicans who have been tasked with crafting the health care legislation for the new bill. The Denver Post cites CHI's analysis on Colorado uninsured populations in its full story here.