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Another Drop During Second Year of Affordable Care Act
The 18-day lifespan of the American Health Care Act (AHCA) left many open questions about the future of national health policy, but it also clarified the boundaries of the debate.
2017 will unquestionably be remembered as a historic year in health policy, considering the monumental changes likely coming from Washington. And assessing those changes on health care in Colorado will be aided by findings from the 2017 Colorado Health Access Survey (CHAS).
Understanding How the Law Has Changed Coverage and Costs in Colorado
Today is not a good day for Alexandre. It’s November 1, the first day of open enrollment for 2017 health coverage, and Alexandre is one of the estimated 400,000 Coloradans who buy insurance on the individual market.
Research analyst Nina Roumell just had to explain Kylie Jenner to me. I still don’t get it. But while there are many parts of Millennial culture I can’t account for (I’m looking at you, Snapchat, “bae” and pumpkin spice everything), there’s one thing I can: why so many twentysomethings don’t have health coverage.
We spent weeks hashing out our recent financial analysis of ColoradoCare, agonizing over more than 50 different variables and assumptions that fed into our work. I’m not surprised that our analysis of one of those variables — the Hospital Provider Fee — has been one of the more contentious parts of our report.
One of the most puzzling results of the 2015 Colorado Health Access Survey has to do with the relationship between dental insurance and dental visits.
In late 2015, CHI released an updated study showing how the geography of health insurance has shifted in Colorado since implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
The election cycle of 2016 will not be known as a season where fact ruled the day. On a near daily basis, we see episodes where ideology supersedes the facts. This is an election season of emotion and heart.