Diabetes insulin will soon be capped at $100 per month under new state law
CHI CEO Michele Lueck provided her insight into a new state law capping the price of insulin on a 9News segment Thursday night.
What will pass, what won’t in final days of Colorado legislative session?
“Legislators are now racing against the clock to pass some of their top-priority bills – many of which are not expected to make it,” CHI's Eli Boone wrote in an article from the Durango Herald.
People living in this part of Colorado are most at risk of climate change’s adverse health effects, study says
The Denver Post, Colorado Public Radio and other publications covered the first-of-its-kind Health and Climate Index published by CHI on Earth Day 2019.
2020 Census could have huge financial implications for Colorado
CHI's Emily Johnson was featured in a Denver7 story about the 2020 Census, an issue Johnson and Jeff Bontrager addressed recently in a Denver Post opinion piece.
“Numbers don’t lie, but the 2020 Census numbers are at risk of being a fib” – The Denver Post
Accuracy should not be a partisan issue, warn CHI's Jeff Bontrager and Emily Johnson in The Denver Post.
If even a small portion of people aren’t counted in the 2020 Census, Colorado risks losing millions in public health funding.
“Medicaid Expansion Boosts Hospital Bottom Lines — And Prices” – Kaiser Health News
Edmond Toy, a senior adviser for the Colorado Health Institute, told KHN that the argument that pursuing the ACA policy would help lower insurance premiums “broadened the appeal of Medicaid expansion … and conceptually it makes total sense.”
“Colorado hospital prices jumped despite ‘hope’ Medicaid expansion would curtail costs, reports say” – The Denver Post
Following CHI's research on a recent report by the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, Managing Director of Communications Joe Hanel gave an interview to the Denver Post on the subject.
“Bill aims to lower state health exchange costs by 30 percent“ – The Colorado Springs Gazette
CHI's Managing Director of Communications, Joe Hanel, gave his insight on a reinsurance program could lower risks for insurance companies.
‘Health care forum focuses on solutions to rising cost’
Allie Morgan, CHI's director of legislative services, joined a panel on rising health costs. 'Topics included what has caused health care in the United States, particularly in Southwest Colorado, to be so expensive and what state and federal politicians are doing to reduce the cost of health care.'
’Will Health Care Policy Tilt To The Left Under Colorado’s Democratic Trifecta?’
Colorado Public Radio News speaks with CHI's Joe Hanel about the newly emboldened Colorado Democratic lawmakers.