In the News Walecia Konrad, CBS News When Grace Thomas ran a high fever and had trouble breathing in March, she headed to the emergency room. With a history of asthma, the 26-year-old Denver resident was familiar with respiratory distress, but this was different. Both...
In the News Jakob Rodgers, The Gazette The doctor will see you now — just not in person. Seeking a safe way to salvage what’s left of their plummeting revenues, physicians, specialists and even physical therapists have turned to telemedicine in unprecedented fashion...
In the News Tripp Baltz, Bloomberg Law Sponsors of a lightning-rod public option bill in Colorado are scuttling the insurance measure this year because of the coronavirus pandemic and the economic upheaval it’s wreaking in the state. It’s not feasible for health-care...
In the News Jason Salzman, Colorado Times Recorder Earlier this year, just before the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration launched a program allowing states opt out of traditional Medicaid, the state-federal health insurance program for low-income people,...
Emma Sargent, Policy Fellow As the COVID-19 pandemic races across the states, many have turned their attention to the federal-level relief packages that promise much-needed support for state economies and health systems. This is a summary of the three federal acts...
