Our Work
I spent most of the summer after my first year in college sitting inside a windowless neuroscience laboratory, training mice for an auditory task, and feeling disconnected from the rest of the world in more than one way. The physical separation of the lab from other parts of campus seemed to resonate with the gap I felt between the scientific world my lab inhabited and the lived experience of real people.
I wanted to find out what is driving prescription drug costs, so I started a research project at the Colorado School of Public Health, where I am a student. I aimed to figure out how consumer prescription prices are determined and to learn what state policymakers are doing about it.
CHI Analysis Shows Uncompetitive Markets for Hospitals and Insurance Throughout Colorado
According to new data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s County Health Rankings, there’s a strong link between how much money you make and how long you’re likely to live.
New State Report Suggests Existing Policies Haven’t Controlled Hospital Costs. Will New Strategies Be Needed?
Hospitals are in the hot seat this time as the legislature seeks to lower health insurance prices.
Chart Shows Rollbacks to the Affordable Care Act and Their Effects in Colorado
An Analysis of Affordable Care Act Individual Mandate Data
In observance of Safety Net Clinic Week, CHI staff visited a place for Coloradans who have been told “no” too many times.