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As a part of our tenth anniversary celebration, CHI will be offering 10 free webinars throughout 2012.
Last Sunday, The New York Times reported on an outbreak of pertussis – otherwise known as whopping cough –in Washington state. Public health and state officials have declared an epidemic – with 10 times more diagnosed cases than last year and an incident rate that is closing in on rates encountered in the 1940s.
Findings based on a survey of Colorado’s rural physicians provides a snapshot of these important health care providers, including why they practice in rural Colorado, what keeps them working in their communities and the demands placed on their practices.
Nearly 40 percent of Coloradans lacked dental insurance coverage in 2011, up from 37 percent in 2008-2009.
In Colorado, we often refer to the importance of geographic and demographic variation within our state. However, when we discuss how Colorado performs as a state with respect to health indicators and risk factors, we sometimes miss this variation.
More than 120,000 Coloradans are now enrolled in the ACC, and the first savings report is due this June.
With all of the attention on the U.S. Supreme Court and issues of the individual mandate, severability and Medicaid expansion, it’s easy to lose sight of the most important concept of health reform – and that’s affordability itself.
While we await the Supreme Court’s constitutional prognosis of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), I’ve been reflecting on how – if at all – the past can inform us about the future.
It’s fitting that the last bill passed by the House Health and Environment Committee embodies one of the prevailing themes of this legislative session: improving the efficiency and effectiveness of government.
How many adults without dependent children will become eligible for Medicaid under the CHCAA expansion on May 1, 2012?