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Opinion: Let’s stop choosing between buying food or healthcare. The urgent need for Medicare-for-all

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Medicaid law forcing caregivers to be tracked by GPS inspires privacy backlash from Colorado’s disabled community

By Jennifer Brown Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Opinion: Protect Colorado’s Medicaid, CHP+ enrollees amid federal pressure

By Allison Neswood Opinion

Colorado hospitals accuse Polis administration of hurting Medicaid patients, as health fight grows nastier

By John Ingold Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Opinion: Here’s why some Colorado families are dropping Medicaid coverage for their kids

By Jessica Dunbar Opinion

Return to sender: A single undeliverable letter can mean losing Medicaid in Colorado and other states

By Kaiser Health News Health Primary category in which blog post is published

The Democratic agenda came with a big price tag. Now Colorado budget writers worry about paying the bill.

By John Frank Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published

Opinion: Congress should save Coloradans from sky-high air ambulance charges

Colorado patients' average bill is about $44,000 for an air ambulance transport

Opinion

Opinion: Health insurance companies want lower premiums. But here’s why they’re so high.

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In rural Colorado, emergency medical services struggle to keep money-losing ambulances rolling

High costs, low rates and scarce job applicants are forcing ambulance services to consolidate, take on new tasks and outsource

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Death rates among pregnant women in Colorado are climbing. Suicide and overdose are to blame.

To counteract the rising mortality figure, the state strengthened a death review committee and plans to expand drug treatment

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Colorado wants to import prescription drugs from Canada. How it could work, and why it may not.

Gov. Jared Polis and Democratic lawmakers made drug imports a priority, but it will cost $2.8 million just to explore the idea

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Immigrants here illegally were waiting until near death to get dialysis. A new Colorado policy changes that.

Patients now can get regular care at dialysis clinics through Medicaid, saving millions in hospital costs

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The world’s first marijuana-derived pharmaceutical is now available for prescription. So why can’t patients get it?

Epidiolex was approved earlier this year to treat rare seizure disorders

Coloradans Primary category in which blog post is published

A haircut, a wound check, a bath for the dog: One-stop Denver delivery of homeless services reveals the depth and breadth of urban transience

More than 1,000 came for jobs, haircuts, housing and lunch

Health Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado doctor on influential state Medicaid board resigns after Sun report on pharma money

In his email to state officials resigning from the Colorado Drug Utilization Review Board, dated Aug. 16, Dr. Alex Reish wrote that he had done nothing wrong