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Congratulations to Ethiopia’s Lemi Berhanu Hayle and Atsede Baysa for winning the elite men’s and women’s divisions of the Boston Marathon today. They each finished in less than 2 ½ hours. Talk about a fast clip. Inspired by all of the Boston Marathon runners, the Colorado Health Institute is keeping a fast pace in the office this week as well. We have presentations, reports and blogs galore.
We love the legislature, and we’re passionate about tracking health bills — but even we can admit that our weekly legislative blogs have become a bit verbose. Extended. Detailed.
They’re long.
We welcomed two new co-workers and published a new independent analysis of ColoradoCare this week.
We spent the past two weeks tracking the budget, House Bill 1405, which passed the Senate on Thursday on a 30-5 vote. But a lot more has been going on at the Capitol.
You have a big decision to make. I don’t think it’s a stretch to say it is one of the biggest public policy decisions in the history of Colorado statehood.
Thursday 1:30 p.m.: Public health advocates are breathing easier this afternoon, now that the Senate has wrapped up its debate on amendments to the Long Bill.
This post concludes our rolling budget blog. We will post budget updates next week in our regular legislative blog. Thanks for following along.
Deserts may generate images of endless sand dunes, cacti and small lizard-like animals struggling to stay out of the sun. In the health policy world, the word “desert” often refers to something quite different: an area without a grocery store, where fresh fruits and vegetables are scarce, otherwise known as a food desert.
There are more than 9.2 quintillion possible combinations for a March Madness bracket — 9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to be exact.
This just in. The newest state revenue forecasts released Friday morning contain some sobering economic projections, news that may impact the contentious debate this session over the Hospital Provider Fee.