Off we go

By Diane Carman

After five years and hundreds of stories and opinion columns, Health News Colorado is closing today. Some of our funders have changed direction and we were unable to fill the gap, so Senior Writer Katie Kerwin McCrimmon and I will be moving on.

Jessica Peck, right, once met a client in the hospital. The conservative activists does civil rights law and has added disability rights to her specialties after getting an amputation earlier this year.

Swedish demands $400 ‘deposit’ from amputee at ER

By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

The young lawyer and mother of two wheeled herself into the ER at Swedish Medical Center, suffering from severe pain after the amputation of her lower right leg earlier this year.

Sharon McKenna spent her childhood getting blistering burns before she'd get tan. She survived melanoma and now advises people to protect themselves from potentially dangerous sun exposure. Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Health conundrum: Prevent skin cancer while dosing up on D

By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Summer is officially over, but with temperatures approaching 90 degrees and bright sunny September days, you still might be able to dose up on some vitamin D.

Emmanuel Arroniz, 4, gets a checkup at the Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics' Kids Clinic at Crawford Elementary School in Aurora. The clinic provides care for children in one of the highest poverty areas in Colorado.

Child poverty, uninsured rates continue to drop

By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Child poverty rates and the percentage of children without health insurance continue to decline in Colorado, giving advocates hope that the economic recovery is finally beginning to reach the state’s lowest income families.

Marcia Benshoof will get paid $120 an hour and up to $150,000 over six months at Colorado's health exchange. Lawmakers are questioning her lucrative contract.

Lawmakers concerned about lucrative contract for exchange sales chief

By Katie Kerwin McCrimmon

Colorado’s health exchange board unanimously voted on Monday to give its chief strategy and sales officer a contract that could pay up to $150,000 for six months of work.