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Colorado’s Hispanic community faces unique and substantial barriers to achieving good health, according to data from the latest Colorado Health Report Card Data Spotlight.
The last hours of the legislative session are ticking away as lawmakers scramble to vote on dozens of bills that remain on the calendar. Policy analyst Allie Morgan is watching and will write a blog detailing the last-minute developments.
Congress has passed a bipartisan health care law. Yes, you read that correctly. And it has consequences for thousands of Colorado kids.
Tense discussions on the budget have marked the 2015 legislative session from Day One, when Senate President Bill Cadman (R) chose to focus his chamber’s first introduced bill on TABOR refunds.
Call me a geography geek or an atlas addict: I’ve always been a fan of maps. It follows, then, that a recent announcement by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) would have me scuttling to my bulletin board and unpinning two of my favorites.
How many information requests from the public did the Colorado Health Institute answer in 2014? The answers to these questions and more are revealed in our 2014 annual report, which we posted on our website today.
Governor John Hickenlooper outlined his five-point plan to address what he calls Colorado’s budget “contradictions” in an April 16 letter to lawmakers. The governor’s proposal lays out options to free up more state money for areas such as education and transportation, including reclassifying the Hospital Provider Fee.
The Colorado Health Institute has released a new study on the policy successes and setbacks of legalized marijuana sales in Colorado. Besides diving into the details of legal marijuana, members of the CHI team are attending meetings both in Colorado and on the east coast.
Being the first to do something is risky. There are no examples to follow. What may seem like small issues can quickly become significant challenges. And any misstep may be perceived as a failure.
These are great times for people who spend a lot of time delving into data about health and health care. Like, say, the Colorado Health Institute team.