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Welcome to the Colorado Health Institute’s first Legislative Roundup of 2014. We are tracking the introduction and progress of all health-related legislation. Here are bills that we have been paying particular attention to, complete with sponsors, status updates and a brief explanation.
If you haven’t already, be sure to read our latest report - Colorado’s Primary Care Workforce: A Study of Regional Disparities – launched last week. Lead author, Rebecca Alderfer, was interviewed by Ryan Warner for Colorado Matters on Colorado Public Radio and appeared on Fox31 Denver News.
A new study released today by the Colorado Health Institute, Colorado’s Primary Care Workforce: A Study of Regional Disparities, provides an in-depth picture of the state’s primary care workforce, both statewide and across 21 regions.
The full team is back in town with lots of new knowledge to inform our work following travels to the East Coast and southwestern Colorado. And it’s going to be quite a week.
The Broncos’ loss hit us hard here at the Colorado Health Institute, but there is no time to slow down with another busy week, both in our own state and over on the East Coast.
In light of the rocky rollout of HealthCare.gov and some unintended consequences, at our first Lunch & Learn of 2014 Jeff Bontrager and Michele Lueck answered the top five questions constituents are still asking their elected representatives about the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Last weekend, I had the honor of addressing the graduating class of the Allied Academy of Lifelong Learning. It's an unusual time of year for commencement exercises. But this is unusual graduating class.
Colorado's legislators aren't the only ones moving into high gear today. CHI's legislative team is up and running.
All the Colorado Health Institute data detectives–who collect, assemble, crunch and interpret numbers to inform health care policy–have compiled their favorite graphics of 2013. Each is an example of how to make numbers accessible as well as informative.