California’s looming single-payer disaster
An opinion column in the national magazine The Week about a single-payer health care proposal in California cites CHI's analysis of the ColoradoCare ballot initiative. Read the article here.
Effort to Repeal Obamacare Tests Colorado’s Cory Gardner
As the American Health Care Act (AHCA) prepares to move to the Senate floor, Colorado Senator Cory Gardner is receiving a lot of pressure on how to push the bill forward. Gardner is one of 13 Senate Republicans who have been tasked with crafting the health care legislation for the new bill. The Denver Post cites CHI's analysis on Colorado uninsured populations in its full story here.
In Colorado, a Clinic for Refugees Thrives on Medicaid
Pacific Standard magazine profiles a Colorado clinic and interview CHI's Emily Johnson about federal Medicaid funding. Read the article here.
The secret to a long life? It’s all Greek to me
Colorado has three of the highest county-level life expectancies in the country. What's their secret? Diane Carman's opinion piece in the Denver Post cites CHI's senior policy and statistical analyst Emily Johnson about the connection between income and life expectancy. Read the full piece here.
Cutting $1 billion from Colorado Medicaid would hurt, especially in rural Colorado
Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne cites a CHI analysis in her opinion column for The Denver Post. Read the column here.
High Country, High Costs
Colorado's mountain towns face some of the highest health insurance costs in the country. A group of newspapers in the area examined the reasons why in a six-part series that uses CHI data and analysis. Read part 1, with a link to the other stories, on Steamboat Today's website.
State think tanks issue stark warnings about GOP health care bill
The Hill rounds up analysis from across the nation about the proposed replacement for the Affordable Care Act, including work by the Colorado Health Institute. Read the story here.
Colorado hospitals, health care experts give GOP’s repeal of Obamacare a shaky prognosis
The Gazette quotes CHI's Joe Hanel about the winners and losers in Congress' replacement for the Affordable Care Act. Read the story here.
Advocates for disabled worry about GOP health care reforms
The Coloradoan reports on CHI's analysis of proposed Republican Medicaid reforms, with an emphasis on how the changes might affect disabled people. Read the story here.
Colorado could lose out on $14 billion in federal Medicaid funding under GOP health plan, report finds
The Denver Post reports on CHI's finding that Congressional plans to change Medicaid would cost the state budget billions over the next decade. Read the story here.