21 May 2013
By Michael Lott-Manier Colorado’s 69th General Assembly convened in January in the shadow of heartbreaking tragedies in Aurora and in Newtown, Conn. Gov. John Hickenlooper and legislators from both parties expressed the desire to respond to a perceived connection between these atrocious crimes and serious mental illness. Mental Health America of Colorado (MHAC), as it [...]
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20 May 2013
By Debra Judy The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative is celebrating the end of the Colorado legislature because the takeaway is “Colorado health care consumers win big this session!” For all of us, getting the care we need, when we need it isn’t too much to ask. So we were delighted that Colorado’s legislators and Gov. [...]
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15 May 2013
By Phil Kalin For those of us who have been in health care for a while, Medicare’s recent release of hospital data identifying substantial variation between prices charged and actual payments isn’t news. Nor is the fact that charges for similar services by one hospital can be vastly different from those of the one down [...]
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14 May 2013
By Dr. Anthony Vigil While New Mexico and other states are grappling with the question of whether to allow doctors to write prescriptions for drugs that terminally ill patients can take to commit suicide, countries such as Belgium and The Netherlands are pushing the envelope in distressing ways. For those who claim there is no [...]
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14 May 2013
By Joe Sammen May is a notable month in Asian American history. On May 7, 1843 — 170 years ago — Nakanohama Manjiro became the first Japanese immigrant to the United States. Twenty-six years later, Chinese laborers completed the trans-continental railroad on May 10, 1869. To mark these historic events and celebrate Asian American and [...]
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13 May 2013
By Linda Gorman Spending money makes some people feel better, especially when it is other people’s money. As a case in point, the Colorado legislature has voted to expand Medicaid eligibility. In the first three years, the expansion is expected to increase state government expenditures by more than $300 million. This amount will be supplemented [...]
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08 May 2013
By Francis M. Miller The script for the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange is beginning to read like the storyline of Gilligan’s Island. It all started as a “three-hour tour.” From the outset the debate has centered on whether Colorado should set up its own exchange or have the feds do it for us. So far, [...]
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17 April 2013
By Dr. Shelley Dworet Back in the 1960s when I first thought about becoming a pediatrician, I was in my mid-teens. I asked my own pediatrician, a woman who had known me since birth, if I could shadow her for a day. What an experience to watch her see patients at Brigham Women and Children’s Hospital [...]
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16 April 2013
By Denali Johnson Colorado has one of the fastest growing aging populations in the U.S. Currently, one in nine Coloradans is a senior citizen. By the year 2030, that will increase to about one in five. While Colorado historically has had one of the smallest percentages of seniors, our annual growth rate is now 3 [...]
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08 April 2013
By Michele Lueck In college basketball, being No. 1 means winning the Final Four. In cinema, it means taking home an Oscar. But when it comes to Colorado’s health, being No. 1 could improve hundreds of thousands of lives and greatly benefit the local economy and business environment. Though Colorado already is No. 1 in [...]
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05 April 2013
By Edie Sonn Measuring outcomes in meaningful and consistent ways; giving providers incentives to improve; holding them accountable for their results. Comparing providers against their peers as well as against their own historical trend. Rewarding low-performers who improve, without penalizing high-performers that don’t have as far to go. Making sense of a bewildering tangle of [...]
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03 April 2013
By Emily King What comes to mind when you think of the term “Young Invincible”? You might picture a twenty-something, perhaps unemployed or underemployed. Maybe living in a parent’s basement, consuming an above-average amount of Ramen noodles. This twenty-something chooses not to purchase health insurance, the thinking goes, because getting sick is not something he [...]
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27 March 2013
By Stephanie Wasserman We know that childhood vaccines are a safe, easy, and cost-effective way to help prevent disease and keep children healthy as they grow. Research shows that children who are vaccinated experience fewer doctor visits, hospitalizations and premature deaths. But, unfortunately, many kids don’t have access to routine vaccinations. That’s why the Colorado [...]
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25 March 2013
By Vicki Cowart Over the past decade as president and CEO of Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains, I have heard countless stories from parents who struggle having “the talk” with their teens. Through the work of PPRM’s Responsible Sex Education Institute, I also hear stories from teachers and principals about wanting more support to [...]
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