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Since our last legislative roundup, many health-related bills have been introduced. In this week’s list, we included the bills from the last round-up and updated their status. We’ve also added several new bills and summaries.
Here at CHI, we took a short break from our focus on health policy and turned our attention to the White House as we head into President’s Day Weekend. Each staffer picked a favorite president – and provided the reason.
Our very own Jeff Bontrager was nominated this week for the Denver Business Journal’s 2013 “40 Under 40,” the best and brightest of our young thinkers and leaders.
New results from the state’s ongoing oral health survey show encouraging trends, particularly in the prevalence of untreated tooth decay among Colorado children.
One of the many bills that the Colorado Health Institute is tracking this session is HB 13-1006 (Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program). HB 13-1006 would require each Colorado school in which 70 percent or more of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch to offer a free breakfast to all students.
It’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.
Colorado will see sweeping changes beginning in late 2013 in how people obtain health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Change inevitably represents opportunity – and anxiety. This presentation provides an overview of the anticipated changes as well as details about questions facing small businesses, individuals, seniors and others.
Yesterday, I gave a presentation at our first legislative round table of the 2013 session. This presentation concentrated on understanding how our health insurance will change under the Affordable Care Act. I organized it around “The questions you’ll be asked at Town Hall Meetings in 2013.”
We’re already seeing much discussion at the legislature on the need to more effectively treat mental disorders at the state and national levels – an issue that the Colorado Health Institute anticipates will be a hot topic throughout this session.
I was glued to the TV during Monday’s presidential inauguration, mostly because it’s one of the few times in American civic life so steeped in tradition and references to history.