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These are great times for people who spend a lot of time delving into data about health and health care. Like, say, the Colorado Health Institute team.
March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is Make it Happen, and it is all about closing the gender gap. In order to close these gaps, we need to know where they are.
The Affordable Care Act once again is fighting for its life at the Supreme Court. So how could it affect Colorado?
That’s a question that’s best discussed over a beer.
Open Enrollment No. 2, which started November 15 and ended February 15, was a bit of a rollercoaster in Colorado. When it was done, 140,000 Coloradans had enrolled in health insurance.
Finding affordable dental care can be especially difficult for seniors, in part because Medicare dental benefits are meager.
Since 2007, Colorado children under age 13 gained health insurance at a faster rate than any other age group in the state. That’s one of the findings of the latest Colorado Health Report Card, which was released this week.
New coverage options implemented under the Affordable Care Act made 2014 a pivotal year for health insurance in Colorado. What do we know about initial impacts on uninsured Coloradans?
Now that the number of uninsured people seems to be dropping, another barrier to health care is getting attention – underinsurance.
In 2013, more than 17 percent of uninsured Coloradans said they did not know how to get coverage – a three percentage point increase from 2009.
We often hear that people lack health insurance because it’s too expensive. But across the state, many uninsured residents say they don’t have insurance not because they can’t afford it, but because they simply don’t need it.