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We’re past the halfway point of the 2015 legislative session, which means the pressure is on to move bills forward. The budget discussion is nearing, as the Joint Budget Committee continues its figure-setting work in an attempt to introduce the Long Bill in the Senate on March 23.
You might imagine the life of a CHI-er as being spent in the office crunching numbers and scouring scientific and academic literature. While we do spend a chunk of our time researching and writing reports, we are also out in the community delivering presentations, participating in stakeholder meetings and sitting on panels.
The 2015 Legislative Learning Series continues CHI’s tradition of providing useful and evidence-based information for state legislators.
The Affordable Care Act once again is fighting for its life at the Supreme Court. So how could it affect Colorado?
That’s a question that’s best discussed over a beer.
Open Enrollment No. 2, which started November 15 and ended February 15, was a bit of a rollercoaster in Colorado. When it was done, 140,000 Coloradans had enrolled in health insurance.
Legislators, in an effort to help seniors age at home as long as possible, have advanced a bill that would provide income tax credits to help offset the cost of upgrading their houses. However, it faces looming questions, especially about its cost.
Finding affordable dental care can be especially difficult for seniors, in part because Medicare dental benefits are meager.
A measure of bipartisan support emerged this week for Gov. Hickenlooper’s request to fund a program that provides contraceptives to low-income women and teenagers.
The telehealth bill is maintaining momentum. It passed the Senate on second reading tjhis morning, putting it on track to be the first significant piece of health care legislation to pass during the 2015 session.
New research by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI), “Filling the Dental Gap: Can Colorado Meet the Growing Need?”, finds a wide gap between the demand for oral health care by Medicaid enrollees and the supply of oral health providers in the state.