For millions of Americans, the cost of health care is threatening their ability to stay housed. It’s particularly hard in Denver, where skyrocketing prices have put housing out of reach for many residents.
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A Colorado community with high medical debt questions its hospitals’ charity spending
Complaints over lack of charity care come as 15% of Pueblo County residents have medical debt in collections, compared with 11% statewide
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Teens with addiction are often left to detox without medication. Denver Health is trying to change that.
Denver’s public safety net hospital has opened what is believed to be the first adolescent inpatient detox unit.
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Home sweet parking lot: Some hospitals welcome RV living for patients, families and workers
At the hospital in Salida, doctors and nurses commuting from distant cities are more likely than patients to camp in the parking lot
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Depressed? Anxious? Colorado’s Front Range air pollution may be a factor
Research shows long-term exposure to even low levels of fine particulate matter, NOx chemicals increases occurrence of depression, anxiety. Ozone is a factor in neurodegeneration and memory loss.