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A bill relating to the long-term financing of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange has officially been introduced in the House. How would COHBE be financed, and how would those fees compare with the federal health benefit exchange?
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-Denver, that would allow Colorado to participate in the Medicaid expansion outlined in the Affordable Care Act.
The much-anticipated Medicaid expansion bill was introduced in the Senate last Friday by Senator Aguilar. The bill itself is simple, but the debate is likely to be more complicated.
Columnist David Brooks recently wrote a provocative piece, “What Data Can’t Do,” in the New York Times. As the leader of a data-rich health policy research institute, I paid close attention.
In this presentation given to legislators, CHI’s Michele Lueck and Jeff Bontrager answer the following questions about Colorado’s Medicaid expansion decision: 1. What’s at stake? 2. How did we get here? 3. What do the studies tell us?
Each year, CHI publishes estimates of the number of kids who are eligible but not enrolled (EBNE) in both Medicaid and the Child Health Plan Plus. The latest estimates, using data from 2011, are available here in three new publications.
Few health-related bills have been introduced since our last legislative roundup, but here is the roundup of bills we are watching and their updated status.
The Colorado Health Institute today released a 2013 update to our Colorado Children’s Health Insurance Status series. Before you dive into the new data, here are answers to a few frequntly asked questions.
It’s not every day that Republicans, Democrats, insurance companies and advocacy groups all agree on a health care policy. But that was the case yesterday with Representative Beth McCann’s bill to repeal CoverColorado (HB13-1115).
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.