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An Associated Press story on methadone clinics cites a CHI study on the lack of adequate treatment for people dependent on opioids. Read the story in the Fort Collins Coloradoan.

The Denver Post reports on a blog by CHI's Karam Ahmad about the small number of calls to poison control centers from intentional eating of laundry pods. Read the story here.

The Denver Post quotes CHI's Joe Hanel in a front-page story about the end of Connect for Health Colorado's open enrollment period for 2018 coverage. Read the story here.

The health policy news is coming fast today.

Seema Verna, the Trump administration's head of Medicaid, released new guidance to allow states to require certain Medicaid recipients to prove they are working before they can get benefits.

And Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature.

CHI covers both developments in new blogs.

Click here for Teresa's Manocchio's look at the Medicaid change in Colorado.

The Colorado Trust outlines the big topics discussed at CHI's annual Hot Issues in Health Conference. Read the full story here.

Denverite covered the governor's panels at CHI's Hot Issues in Health. Read the full story here.

The Colorado Springs Gazette highlighted Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman's comments on harm reduction and the opioid crisis at CHI's Hot Issues in Health. Read the full story here.

Mental Health Colorado partnered with CHI to create their new data dashboard which helps track mental health indicators across age groups. The dashboard includes data from CHI’s Colorado Health Access Survey. Read more about the new data dashboard here