By Matt Valeta, Health Policy Intern Back in my elementary school days, my favorite activity during recess was playing four square. As long as everyone played by the same rules everyone had a great time. Once some joker started grabbing the ball and slammed it into...
By Dana Kennedy, Health Policy Intern Over 2200 hospitals nationwide are being penalized by the Medicare program because of their excessive readmission rates of Medicare patients. This is the result of a new program created under the Affordable Care Act, the Hospital...
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...
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