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Just two weeks ago, many Americans were on the edge of their seats, waiting to see if the Supreme Court would overturn a major part of the Affordable Care Act in the King v. Burwell case. But the people who attended a Colorado Health Institute panel discussion in March had no such doubts.
Health is local. But often, health workforce data is presented at the statewide level, and these aggregated statistics neglect important regional nuances. The numbers are difficult to collect and understand, particularly in a broader statewide context. That’s where the Colorado Health Institute’s new Local Data Workbooks can help.
Colorado’s annual rate of new HIV cases has dropped by a third in the past six years – no small feat. But this success is not shared by urban, suburban and rural areas alike.
We may be nearing the dog days of summer, but the pace at the Colorado Health Institute remains a healthy jog. Last Thursday’s Supreme Court decision, however, had the CHI team moving at more of a sprint.
The Colorado Health Institute analyzes the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold insurance subsidies across the nation and identifies four questions for Colorado policymakers.
Somewhere inside the Colorado Health Institute’s computer server, there’s a paper I wrote that will never be published. It analyzed what would happen if the administration lost the King v. Burwell case today. Although the ACA suvived the Supreme Court again, the priority in Colorado remains the same — stability of our health insurance exchange.
Health policy discussions in Colorado and across the nation are increasingly turning to the subject of network adequacy – the narrower networks that are one result of price-based competition in the insurance market. The Colorado Health Institute has published a new report titled “Narrow Networks in Colorado: Balancing Access and Affordability.”
The Colorado Health Institute team will make its annual pilgrimage to Coors Field this week for some fun in the stadium sun. (That sun part is aspirational.)In honor of our trip, I present a baseball-themed Our Work This Week.
If you don’t spend your days watching the legislature's committee hearings and floor votes, how can you know what health policy bills passed and failed, what trends emerged from the session and what issues are sure to return next year?
Lucky for you, CHI’s annual Legislation in Review (LIR) report explains just that.
Sure, the legislature adjourned for the year in May, but is legislative work ever truly finished? Not at CHI.