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You know you’re a health policy nerd when the back-and-forth action of this spring’s NCAA basketball tournament reminds you of public health legislation in Colorado. Wondering how action on the court translates to action at the state Capitol? I’ll explain.
Republicans and Democrats have taken turns advancing their offensive playbooks by introducing public health bills over the past couple years. But opponents have played solid defense, blocking the easy lay up to the governor’s desk.
Colorado's legislature is considering a bill that would establish a reinsurance program here. Would it help make insurance more affordable?
An innovative virtual dentistry program has brought dental care to 2,300 Coloradans who had little or no access to oral health care.
The legislature’s billion-dollar scramble is over, and health care missed out.
But public health advocates can still celebrate successes as the Senate gets ready today to take the last substantive votes on the 2018-19 state budget. (It’s House Bill 1322, in case you get the urge to read a 600-page spreadsheet.)
More Coloradans have been dying of drug overdoses each year for nearly a decade. It’s a health crisis that’s been increasingly in the public eye, but the newest data are still startling: Some 912 people died of an overdose in 2016 – a state record. Preliminary data from 2017 suggest that more than 950 died of an overdose last year.
Living in some counties in southeastern Colorado means you're nearly twice as likely as the average Coloradan to die young.
The legislature is making headway on funding for broadband access. That could spell big gains in rural parts of the state — especially for health.
Rural Colorado is short on health care providers. Just ask CHI’s newest research analyst Eli Boone, who grew up in Rifle, Colorado.
One in eight Colorado children under 17 lived in poverty in 2016, according to the 2018 County Health Rankings.
But are the state's economic good times here to stay?