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Colorado Public Radio spoke with Allie Morgan, a Colorado Health Institute Policy Analyst, about this year’s health care discussions in the Colorado legislature. Listen to the story here.
The Colorado Health Institute released a study today on the public policy successes and setbacks of legalized marijuana sales in Colorado, which became the first state to legalize retail marijuana on January 1, 2014.
While predictions centered on crime waves, an epidemic of overdoses, skyrocketing drug use among kids and a tax windfall for schools, none of this has happened.
The Colorado Health Institute (CHI) conducted the research and analysis of the state’s health care landscape that provided direction for the new Colorado Health Access Fund at The Denver Foundation, which just released its first Request for Proposals.
The fund will award approximately $5 million a year between 2015 and 2022 to increase access to behavioral health care and improve health outcomes for those with high health care needs across Colorado.
Health News Colorado published this update on the 2015 legislative session from Joe Hanel, a senior communications expert at the Colorado Health Institute, and Allie Morgan, a Colorado Health Institute policy analyst. Read the story here.
The Loveland Reporter-Herald covered a health care forum that included a presentation from Sara Schmitt, Director of Community Health Policy as the Colorado Health Institute. Read the story here.
The Colorado Health Institute and the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved today released the Colorado Access to Care Index, a first-ever measurement of whether Coloradans are able to get the health care they need when they need it.
The index is based on 30 data points divided into three components measuring:
The Denver Post’s “Daily Dose” cites a recent Colorado Health Institute report Colorado’s primary care workforce. Read the story here.
Colorado Public Radio reports on “Filling the Dental Gap,” a new report from the Colorado Health Institute. Listen to the story here.
Joe Hanel
Communications director
720.382.7093
hanelj@coloradohealthinstitute.org
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