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A million people. That’s almost one of every five people who live in Colorado. It’s enough to fill Sports Authority Field 13 times and Coors Field almost 20 times. It’s the combined populations of Denver and Aurora. And it’s the number of Coloradans who are now enrolled in Medicaid.
A Colorado Health Institute brief –When Insurance Is Not Enough: How Underinsurance Impacts Health and Finances - released today explains underinsurance and why it matters for Coloradans.
Hospitals tend to be bellwethers of health care trends. So we applaud the Colorado Hospital Association for issuing a new analysis looking at hospital charges since January 1, when major provisions of the Affordable Care Act kicked in.
Is employer-sponsored insurance on the decline in Colorado? Time – and the next few years of CHAS data – will tell.
The Colorado Health Institute explores the financial burden of medical bills in our latest brief. This is particularly timely as the nation begins to assess the effectiveness of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in meeting its goal of limiting the financial exposure to medical expenses.
The Colorado Health Institute released a report that gives a detailed picture of Colorado’s uninsured population through a series of 17 maps, an analysis revealing significant statewide variations in demographic and geographic characteristics.
The next open enrollment period for private insurance doesn’t begin until November, but planning has already begun in Colorado for outreach and enrollment efforts next time around.
Coloradans covered by Medicaid are more likely to go to the emergency department (ED) than those with other types of insurance, though the rate for Medicaid enrollees has declined in recent years.
CHI analyzed the factors associated with lower insurance rates among Colorado’s Hispanic adult population.
In Colorado, a Hispanic adult is nearly twice as likely not to have health insurance as a non-Hispanic adult. That fact led us to research and write our latest brief.