Our Work
The percentage of Colorado kids with dental insurance hit an all-time high in 2015. That’s good news — up to a point.
Debbie Costin retires after a decade as executive director of the Colorado Association for School-Based Health Care, leaving a legacy of increased health care for vulnerable kids.
Coloradans have been breaking out their tank tops and road bikes to take advantage of record high temperatures. At CHI, the warm weather has seen many of us getting out of the office for presentations and meetings in the community.
We are inching closer to March – even though it feels like May outside. And that means we’re awaiting the new state revenue forecast and the Long Bill (a.k.a. the state budget). We’ll likely hear more about the Hospital Provider Fee as well.
Connect for Health Colorado is preparing a strategic plan that will consider whether the state’s online insurance marketplace should transfer part of its operations to the federal Healthcare.gov website.
The plan is meant to advance a conversation with legislators who asked Connect for Health Colorado’s leaders to think about joining the federal exchange. It doesn’t mean that the federal exchange is the preferred option, spokesman Luke Clarke told the Colorado Health Institute.
The results of the 2016 Colorado Health Report Card, released today, mark a decade of progress and challenges on the way to making Colorado the healthiest state.
Trivia time: How many bills were introduced in Colorado’s General Assembly in 2015?
People young and old, urban and rural, are making it clear that they want their surroundings to promote healthy living, not discourage it. And builders are taking notice.
That trend is behind CHI’s continuing look into the connection between health and the “built environment.”
With the big Broncos celebration tomorrow, the Colorado Health Institute will be doing all that we can to finish our work to watch the champions parade the streets of Denver. Here’s a look at what’s going on this week, along with several recent publications you don’t want to miss.
Allie Morgan, Director of Legislative Services, and Policy Analyst Emily Johnson, author of a new CHI brief on aid-in-dying legislation, provide an update from the House Judiciary Committee's emotional 10-hour hearing this week.