Colorado Public Radio interviews CEO Michele Lueck about the projected effects of the Better Care Reconciliation Act on Colorado's Medicaid program. Read or listen to the story here.

While medicaid expansion has increased coverage of oral health statewide, there are still geographic disparities in oral health status, coverage, and access across Colorado. CHI's community health policy director, Sara Schmitt, provides insight on how dental insurance is a main driver for oral health disparities. Read the full article from the Colorado Trust here. 

The American Health Care Act (AHCA) could result in dramatic changes for Coloradans on Medicaid. CHI's senior policy and statistical analyst Emily Johnson reports that 600,000 fewer Colorado residents could be enrolled in the program by 2030. Read the full story from 5280 Magazine here. 

A column about a community college dental hygiene program in Grand Junction's Daily Sentinel cites CHI's research into the lack of dental services in parts of rural Colorado. Read the article here.

An opinion column in the national magazine The Week about a single-payer health care proposal in California cites CHI's analysis of the ColoradoCare ballot initiative. Read the article here.

As the American Health Care Act (AHCA) prepares to move to the Senate floor, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner is receiving a lot of pressure on how to push the bill forward. Gardner is one of 13 Senate Republicans who have been tasked with crafting the health care legislation for the new bill. The Denver Post cites CHI's analysis on Colorado uninsured populations in its full story here. 

Pacific Standard magazine profiles a Colorado clinic and interview CHI's Emily Johnson about federal Medicaid funding. Read the article here.

Colorado has three of the highest county-level life expectancies in the country. What's their secret? Diane Carman's opinion piece in the Denver Post cites CHI's senior policy and statistical analyst Emily Johnson about the connection between income and life expectancy. Read the full piece here. 

Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne cites a CHI analysis in her opinion column for The Denver Post. Read the column here.

Colorado's mountain towns face some of the highest health insurance costs in the country. A group of newspapers in the area examined the reasons why in a six-part series that uses CHI data and analysis. Read part 1, with a link to the other stories, on Steamboat Today's website.