By Jane Hoback
Mental health centers in Colorado are seeing a surge in new clients seeking services under the state’s expansion of Medicaid. And while center officials say they expected an increase, the number of new calls surprised them, so they have ramped up efforts and instituted new programs to meet the demand.
By Dr. Louis Balizet
The future of the Affordable Care Act could go in four very different directions: repeal, remain unchanged, keep and fix, or move on to something else. Let’s look at each one.
By Donna Marshal
Employers across Colorado, whose health insurance costs have doubled over the past decade and could easily do so again, should become familiar with a new website called Colorado Medical Price Compare. For the first time ever, it provides online, publicly available access to both price and quality information for select services performed at hospitals across the state.
By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon
The cost of giving birth in 2010 was so exorbitant in Steamboat Springs that Kathleen Huron and her husband, both teachers, opted to have their second daughter at home with a midwife.
By Cody Belzley
If it ain’t broke, why mess with it? This may be simple reasoning, but sometimes simple makes sense. A national analysis released this week confirms what we’ve long known: the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) offers affordable, high-quality coverage for America’s kids. The study also emphasizes that CHIP coverage continues to be relevant and necessary even in the context of health reform. But unless Congress acts quickly, this success story could end next year and millions of children in the U.S. could lose this lifeline.
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