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U.S. water chief praises Colorado River deal, but she also sees challenges
The river supplies 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming as well as a $5 billion-a-year agricultural industry
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A procrastinator’s guide to buying health insurance in Colorado
By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published
Colorado could soon get a lot of money from opioid settlements. But where should those dollars go?
By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published
As Colorado’s anti-abortion pregnancy centers strengthen, abortion-rights advocates work to “expose” alleged “fake clinics”
By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published
The Polis administration wants a greater say over hospital prices for more than 1 million Coloradans
A forthcoming rule is the result of a bill passed earlier this year, but hospitals and insurance companies remain wary
Bankruptcy judge considers $1.3 million bonus for Purdue Pharma CEO being sued by Colorado
Craig Landau, a Purdue employee since 1999 who rose to the top job in 2017, is named as a defendant in lawsuits filed by Colorado, Massachusetts, five local governments and more than 100 hospitals
Colorado’s new reinsurance program has a TABOR problem. Lawmakers fear that could cause “cascading” impacts across the budget.
As Polis requests more money, a legislative analysis found the health insurance program could have an additional $165 million budgetary hit
Michael Bennet says he’s shifting national health care debate. But even in his home state, there’s pushback.
The Colorado Democrat’s first town hall in more than a year served as a microcosm for the challenges he faces on the national stage
To boost low measles vaccination rates, public health agencies are targeting Colorado’s biggest counties
After an executive order from Gov. Jared Polis, departments are running radio ads, mailing parents and urging schools to beef up vaccination efforts to avoid an outbreak
These employees survived the Planned Parenthood shooting. They say the organization could have done more to help them.
The Colorado Sun spoke with four former Planned Parenthood employees who were in the Colorado Springs clinic the day of the attack and all insist the health care provider didn’t do enough to support them afterward
The startlingly high cost of the “free” flu shot
Flu shots are relatively cheap compared with most health services, but considering the tens of millions of Americans who get vaccinated each year, those prices add up
America trashes 40% of its food. A Colorado startup is connecting the discards to dinner tables.
FoodMaven is part of a movement to find buyers for $3.50/lb. New York strips, “ugly” fruit and local produce in order to cut into America's food waste problem.
HIV-prevention funding is being slashed in Colorado, even as a growing number of people are diagnosed
The state health department had to return almost $8 million in HIV, AIDS dollars to the federal government in recent years after mismanaging a grant
