Navigators will help customers to Colorado’s new marketplace for insurance, the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange (COHBE), which is being created under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. These navigators will play an important role in helping...
By Barbara Yondorf, Colorado Consumer Health Initiative Board Member and Consumer Representative to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners The main goals of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are to increase access, improve quality and...
By Christy Trimmer Boland and Maureen Maxwell, Colorado Community Health Network This week (and well into next) we are celebrating National Health Center Week. It’s our opportunity to invite our neighbors and supporters into our Community Health Centers (CHCs) to see...
by guest contributor, Dick Alweis I turned 65 this July. Since I turned 63 I had been uninsured. My health is excellent and decreasing income had made insurance a luxury I could no longer afford. Co-pays, coverage limitations, bait and switch offers from new companies...
By Britt Landis, Health Policy Associate Hospital bills: they can be big, sometimes shockingly big. They can also be hard to understand, keep us from getting the care we need, and even put us into medical debt. There is good news, however! An important law goes into...
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