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Adults represent the vast majority—about 83 percent—of Colorado’s uninsured. A new CHI publication finds wide variation within that group of uninsured adults.
There’s not much in the Farm Bill providing incentives for farmers to grow the health-inspiring bounty that can be found at most farmer’s markets, according to Jennifer Billig of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy during a recent trip to Denver.
Recently, I had the opportunity to travel to Alamosa and the San Luis Valley. I co-presented the results of the annual Colorado Health Report Card with Chuck Reyman and the team from the Colorado Health Foundation.
Although often referred to as a somewhat-monolithic population, research on the characteristics, costs and service use of dual eligibles found variation and diversity among the “duals”.
Health care policy during the 2012 legislature may have lacked the pyrotechnical drama of civil unions and special sessions. But much good and thoughtful work was done, particularly in rethinking how to make existing programs work better for clients and taxpayers.
A few weeks ago, Chuck Reyman of The Colorado Health Foundation sent me a provocative book. The Networked Nonprofit is a handbook of sorts for those of us trying to optimize and leverage our use of social media.
What this Analysis with Altitude entry lacks in actual analysis, it makes up for in pictures of cute kids with access to health care.
Regardless of the fate of the ACA, more work needs to be done to ensure that our nation’s veterans are receiving health insurance and needed health care.
If current prevalence trends continue, the estimated cost of diabetes in Colorado will total approximately $8.3 billion (in 2006 dollars) by 2030.
The keynote sessions at the National Network of Public Health Institute’s annual conference in New Orleans were particularly illustrative of how far we have come in our thinking – and our doing – about public health.