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Colorado’s Medicaid program has grown significantly since the legislature approved Medicaid expansion last year, welcoming thousands of newly-eligible enrollees. We are seeing several bills during this session that aim to improve and streamline the Medicaid program, including House Bill 14-1115, which the House Public Health Care and Human Services Committee passed this week.
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.
Dental advocates, legislators, oral health providers, students from Rocky Mountain Prep and the tooth fairy herself gathered at the Capitol this morning to recognize the importance of a healthy mouth.
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).
Welcome to our first installment of “This Week at CHI,” a new weekly roundup of what the Colorado Health Institute is working on and where you can find staffers around the state – and the nation. We hope that it helps provide a window into a dynamic health policy world and keeps you updated on the latest issues.
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.