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It’s been almost a month since the legislative session got underway, and the Colorado Health Institute has been carefully tracking the health-related bills introduced this year.
Colorado will see sweeping changes beginning in late 2013 in how people obtain health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Change inevitably represents opportunity – and anxiety. This presentation provides an overview of the anticipated changes as well as details about questions facing small businesses, individuals, seniors and others.
Yesterday, I gave a presentation at our first legislative round table of the 2013 session. This presentation concentrated on understanding how our health insurance will change under the Affordable Care Act. I organized it around “The questions you’ll be asked at Town Hall Meetings in 2013.”
We’re already seeing much discussion at the legislature on the need to more effectively treat mental disorders at the state and national levels – an issue that the Colorado Health Institute anticipates will be a hot topic throughout this session.
I was glued to the TV during Monday’s presidential inauguration, mostly because it’s one of the few times in American civic life so steeped in tradition and references to history.
CHI: Hitting the Road
A team from CHI had the distinct pleasure of a field trip to visit the Kansas Health Institute earlier this month. (Topeka in January, you might ask? Who says this job doesn’t come with serious perks?)
All sides agree that events like Sandy Hook should never happen. However, if we can’t review unbiased evidence regarding possible solutions and their intended (and unintended) consequences, our national dialogue on the issue will continue to be mired in finger pointing.
As a part of CHI’s 10th anniversary series, we offered 10 webinars to the community on topics ranging from the Medicaid expansion to care coordination to a legislative forecast for 2013. In case you missed any of the webinars, you can view the recordings or download the PowerPoint slides here.
CHI examines a new provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurance companies to cover - for the first time - the costs of screening and treatment for obese patients.
The 2013 legislative session is off and running, and in this post Megan Lane shares her thoughts on the major health policy trends that will emerge this year.