From adding a new state fruit to naming the Claret Cup Cactus as the new state cactus, the 69th Colorado legislative session was full of surprising changes for Colorado. Although health care legislation was a little quieter than the flora debates, it was still a year...
Last week, the Colorado State Senate passed an important bill on a bipartisan vote to help uninsured Coloradans who might get stuck with unwieldy hospital bills. Senate Bill 50 (SB50) clears up the law on financial assistance for uninsured patients who get necessary...
by Matt Valeta, Health Policy Fellow Getting the care you need, when you need it, isn’t too much to ask. Colorado’s legislators and Governor Hickenlooper really took this idea to heart this year as they helped move toward barrier-free access to quality and...
On Tuesday April 9th, the House Health, Insurance & Environment will consider HB13-1290 ‘Modernize Stop-loss Health Insurance.’ HB13-1290 will ensure a more sustainable small group health insurance marketplace in Colorado by protecting the integrity and...
A hospital stay is no fun to begin with, and the bill you get later can quite literally add insult to injury- especially if you are uninsured. This was the reality for Robert*, a man who called CCHI in November after having undergone emergency surgery during a gap in...
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