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The Colorado Health Institute today released a 2013 update to our Colorado Children’s Health Insurance Status series. Before you dive into the new data, here are answers to a few frequntly asked questions.
It’s not every day that Republicans, Democrats, insurance companies and advocacy groups all agree on a health care policy. But that was the case yesterday with Representative Beth McCann’s bill to repeal CoverColorado (HB13-1115).
Coloradans received some good news about children's oral health last week with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment's (CDPHE) release of findings from the 2011-2012 Basic Screening Survey.
Since our last legislative roundup, many health-related bills have been introduced. In this week’s list, we included the bills from the last round-up and updated their status. We’ve also added several new bills and summaries.
Here at CHI, we took a short break from our focus on health policy and turned our attention to the White House as we head into President’s Day Weekend. Each staffer picked a favorite president – and provided the reason.
Our very own Jeff Bontrager was nominated this week for the Denver Business Journal’s 2013 “40 Under 40,” the best and brightest of our young thinkers and leaders.
One of the many bills that the Colorado Health Institute is tracking this session is HB 13-1006 (Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program). HB 13-1006 would require each Colorado school in which 70 percent or more of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch to offer a free breakfast to all students.
It’s been almost a month since the legislative session got underway, and the Colorado Health Institute has been carefully tracking the health-related bills introduced this year.
Yesterday, I gave a presentation at our first legislative round table of the 2013 session. This presentation concentrated on understanding how our health insurance will change under the Affordable Care Act. I organized it around “The questions you’ll be asked at Town Hall Meetings in 2013.”
We’re already seeing much discussion at the legislature on the need to more effectively treat mental disorders at the state and national levels – an issue that the Colorado Health Institute anticipates will be a hot topic throughout this session.