Our Work
BLOG UPDATE: The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 vote on March 1, sided with Liberty Mutual, the insurance company that objects to the Vermont law requiring all health insurers to report claims data.
One of the few areas where Republicans and Democrats can agree during this contentious year is that greater transparency in our health care system is a good thing. But that didn’t help a House Democrat this week who wanted to bring greater transparency to drug prices.
We knew when western Colorado health insurance prices skyrocketed this year that the region’s legislators would have something to say about it. This week, they spoke loud and clear.
Never mind the Academy Awards.
Our best actors in a leading role this week are Director of Research on Coverage and Access Jeff Bontrager and Policy Analyst Natalie Triedman.
Sometimes we become immune to acronyms in the world of health policy. Case in point: I first wrote this sentence to start the blog: “The JBC approved CDPHE’s request to fund LARC, including IUDs.”
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.