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New CHI analysis of the 2011/12 National Survey of Children's Health finds that 10.9% of Colorado children were obese in 2011/12. While the data could be a sign of early progress on this important health indicator, it's important to keep in mind that the child obesity rate has increased exponentially over the past few decades.
This year's state budget proposal includes hundreds of millions of dollars in new health-related spending, including investments in mental health programs, increased Medicaid reimbursement rates and funding to overhaul the system that administers the state’s Medicaid program.
Last week marked the launch of the Colorado Health Foundation’s annual Report Card. Here at CHI, we hope that this serves as a rallying cry for all of us. We can be No. 1, and the 2012 Colorado Health Report Card gives us a place to start.
The latest CHAS issue brief, Young Invincibles? Why Young Adults Have Colorado's Highest Uninsured Rate, analyzes the health insurance status of Colorado's young adults and discusses how these findings can inform ACA implementation.
A bill relating to the long-term financing of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange has officially been introduced in the House. How would COHBE be financed, and how would those fees compare with the federal health benefit exchange?
The bill setting the stage for Medicaid expansion passed its first hurdle Thursday evening. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-2 in favor of SB 200, the bill sponsored by Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, that would allow Colorado to participate in the Medicaid expansion outlined in the Affordable Care Act.
The much-anticipated Medicaid expansion bill was introduced in the Senate last Friday by Senator Aguilar. The bill itself is simple, but the debate is likely to be more complicated.
Columnist David Brooks recently wrote a provocative piece, “What Data Can’t Do,” in the New York Times. As the leader of a data-rich health policy research institute, I paid close attention.
In this presentation given to legislators, CHI’s Michele Lueck and Jeff Bontrager answer the following questions about Colorado’s Medicaid expansion decision: 1. What’s at stake? 2. How did we get here? 3. What do the studies tell us?