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Summary of benefits makes consumer’s life a bit simpler
It’s not perfect, by any means, but a new mandated “summary of benefits” for every health insurance user will make life a little simpler when it comes to sorting out co-pays, co-insurance and...
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MacArthur “genius” Coleman “changed the language” of health care
Often lost in the discussion of the brilliant MacArthur award fellows is exactly what they did that left the world different from how they found it. We focus on the celebrity and ask each other what...
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Obamacare debate bungled by Obama himself
Health care reform advocates must have been writhing in agony in front of their televisions last night as one of the best opportunities to defend Obamacare was bungled by Obama himself. The Tweets and...
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Is there a link between obesity and poverty?
The surprising, counter-intuitive link between poverty and obesity pops out loud and clear in a graphic offered at the WEBstaurantStore.com. We wrote about this recently in a post called “We’re hungry...
View ArticleColorado’s uninsured children totals improve, but fall behind national average
Colorado made a dent in the number of children without health insurance from 2009 to 2011, but fell a bit further behind the national average, according to a new study by the Georgetown University...
View ArticleSmall business owners don’t understand health reform, survey says
It seems many small business owners were waiting until after the presidential election to take the time to understand national health reform. A recent survey by eHealthInsurance reveals widespread...
View ArticleSmoking restrictions get another boost from courts
Smoking restrictions seen as draconian and an element of “class warfare” by smokers, but favored by public health activists, received another boost from the courts this week. A U.S. Appeals court in...
View ArticleColorado insurance reviews strike nerve with angry health customers
Our piece about the state reviewing and rejecting some excessive health insurance hikes for individuals struck a nerve with many, who have seen similar leaps in their charges and want to know why, and...
View ArticleAlabama forges ahead with research on benefits, costs of Medicaid expansion
Okay, so not only is Colorado so far behind Alabama in football that we barely play the same game, now it turns out we’re also behind the Sweet Home state in Medicaid research. University of...
View ArticleNew West Slope crisis line announced for mental health
A day after Gov. John Hickenlooper announced proposals to strengthen mental health services, a new crisis line has been announced on the Western Slope. Colorado West introduced the new crisis response...
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Outrageous out-of-network health charges dinged in new Colorado, national report
Surgery centers and out-of-network doctors continue to provide health care critics easy ammunition, with a flurry of new reports about thousand-percent markups for routine procedures when they are...
View ArticleiTriage founder from Evergreen to sit in FLOTUS box for State of Union
Denver Post Washington correspondent Allison Sherry writes from D.C.: “WASHINGTON — An Evergreen physician and businessman is sitting with First Lady Michelle Obama Tuesday night at the State of the...
View ArticleFight over “biosimilar” drugs nowhere near at an end
We didn’t have as much space as I would have liked for full details of the fascinating battle among drug companies, pharmacists, consumer advocates, concerned patients and lawmakers who may feel a bit...
View ArticleNew health grants for Colorado neighborhoods could clean up alleys, widen...
Three large health care grants for Colorado communities are meant to spur healthier living by giving local residents the resources they need to make changes from widening sidewalks to building bike...
View ArticleNo public opposition to Medicaid expansion bill despite years of wrangling...
Wave after wave of Medicaid supporters made their way to the testimony table at Thursday’s hearing on expansion of the health insurance program for the poor. Their plugs for Sen. Irene Aguilar’s bill...
View ArticleCVS pours fire on debate about health penalties vs. rewards
If you didn’t like the look of the CVS penalty-and-rule-driven health plan when it hit the media, get used to it. That’s the way most big companies are going. High deductibles, your company...
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Revisionist history health report cards make life interesting: What if...
So many people put out health grades these days, and so many readers are tired of hearing that, frankly, we suck at health, that the graders have resorted to speculative history. Not a bad idea,...
View ArticleCU to test intestinal liner on patients with type 2 diabetes, obesity
The University of Colorado medical campus is looking for people who have type 2 diabetes, are obese and are willing to try a novel new therapy. The clinical trial involves putting a thin, flexible,...
View Article“Never events” go beyond left-in sponges, extend to “wrong-site” surgery,...
What exactly is a “never event” in medicine? The phrase is so charged with meaning that lawyers in a medical malpractice case in Denver have argued over whether the words can even be used in front of a...
View Article“Obamacare” subsidy details begin trickling in, nearly 500,000 to benefit
Less than half a year to Oct. 1 signups for new health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, and details on how new subsidies will work are starting to become clear. Families USA released a report...
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