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Colorado Department Releases Report on Hidden “Facility Fees”

Oct 1, 2024

Colorado’s Department of Health Care Policy and Financing released the Hospital Facility Fee Report, confirming what Coloradans have been experiencing over the past several years – that hospitals and their providers have been adding unnecessary fees to patient visits that drive up costs.

Colorado Report Reveals Healthcare Inequities and Healthcare Illiteracy

Sep 25, 2024

Today, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) released two more reports on health equity and literacy from Healthcare Value Hub’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS). While affordability is a major barrier to care for all Coloradans, according to the survey, lack of affordability disproportionately affects people of color and people with disabilities more than others.

New Report Reveals Coloradans’ Top Healthcare Affordability Concerns and Desire for Government Solutions

Aug 5, 2024

Today, the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) released an extensive survey of Coloradans on the affordability of healthcare, finding that over two in three of all respondents delayed or went without health care due to cost in the last 12 months and nearly three in four experienced at least one health care affordability burden in the past year.