In an application sent to the federal government, the state is asking to import 112 drugs at an average savings of 65%
health care costs
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Watch: Colorado health insurance experts discuss open enrollment
The Colorado Sun talks about health insurance, open enrollment, shopping tips, ways to get the most out of your plan and more.
Posted inHealth
Denver Health has a new CEO. Here’s what she says will be her biggest challenge.
Denver Health CEO Donna Lynne is a familiar face in Colorado, having previously served as lieutenant governor
Posted inEducation, News
Colorado will provide free education to students across health care jobs as it tries to fill dire worker shortages
A state effort to ease Colorado’s dire shortage of health care workers will offer tuition-free training for several thousand students, providing a much-needed boost to hospitals and clinics. The Care Forward Colorado Program will invest $26 million of federal COVID stimulus funding into the program for two years, guaranteeing free schooling for students interested in […]
Posted inNews, Politics and Government
Why Colorado’s state employee health insurance plan just made a pretty significant change
If you are in Colorado and you need treatment for, say, cancer, there are dozens of hospitals and clinics that can provide it for you. But those places are not equal. Some charge dramatically more than others — sometimes twice as much — for the same service. Some have significantly higher quality ratings, as scored […]
Posted inHealth, News, Politics and Government
Colorado health insurance prices set to jump next year — at least for some
Health insurance prices for many Coloradans could rise by as much as 11% next year, the largest jump in five years. That’s the bad news in preliminary rate filings released Tuesday by the Colorado Division of Insurance. The filings are for plans sold in the small group and individual markets — the places where small […]
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Why fixing Colorado’s health care system is becoming more about housing and less about insurance
For years, Colorado lawmakers have worked relentlessly to reform the state’s health care system. But that work has often focused on just one narrow area: health insurance. From expanding access to Medicaid, to setting up a state health insurance exchange, to engineering a complicated reinsurance program to creating the Colorado Option, a government-designed health plan, […]
Posted inOpinion, Opinion Columns
Opinion: A ballot proposal for single-payer health care
We have an epidemic market failure in how we pay for our health care. Per person, we spend almost twice as much for health care compared to peer countries with universal health care systems, yet we have poorer outcomes, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Despite the United States having some of […]
Posted inHealth, News
Colorado hospitals nearly led the nation for charges to the privately insured, report finds
Colorado hospitals in 2020 on average charged privately insured patients nearly three times what Medicare paid for the same services, according to a new report released this week. The report, from researchers at Rand Corp., a nonpartisan think tank, ranked Colorado 12th in the nation for the gap between Medicare and the privately insured. Nationwide, […]
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Rep. Kennedy: Colorado can have health insurance that pays for quality, not quantity
In my nearly six years as a state representative, I’ve spent more time and energy on health-care reform than on any other topic. I’ve sponsored legislation to improve regulations of free-standing emergency rooms, require cost transparency from hospitals, implement a reinsurance program (which has saved consumers more than 20% on premiums in the individual market), […]