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Oral health has emerged as something of a theme this legislative session, and last week we saw two noteworthy oral health bills make progress.
This analysis delves deeper into the characteristics of the Coloradans who would become eligible for Medicaid.
CHI today published a demographic portrait of the Coloradans who would become newly eligible for Medicaid coverage if the state decides to expand the program.
With less than four weeks left in the 2013 session, it is crunch time at the Capitol. Lawmakers are scrambling to get their bills passed before closing day on May 8. Here is a recap of the bills that have been introduced since our last legislative roundup.
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.
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.
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?
Few health-related bills have been introduced since our last legislative roundup, but here is the roundup of bills we are watching and their updated status.