Hickenlooper asks legislators for emergency funding to keep CHIP going
Gov. John Hickenlooper said $9.6 million would serve as a "one-time only bandaid" to keep the vital program going until February.
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We all agree health care costs too much. Here’s what Colorado’s next governor might do about it.
Three Republicans and four Democratic candidates for governor addressed the Colorado Health Institute's Hot Issues in Health conference on Friday.
Money for children’s health insurance program is running out fast in Colorado
Congress failed to reauthorize CHIP before the program expired in September. Colorado is among the first states expected to deplete its remaining funds.
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is introducing a public option health care fix with a rural focus
"Medicare-X" would let people buy into Medicare plans and provider networks and would be rolled out first in counties with one or no insurance providers.
Gardner protesters beat charges, but their defense might not work in his new office
"If people are exercising their rights in a quasi-public forum, the police have to let them do it," said Denver civil rights attorney David Lane.
At town hall, Mike Coffman gets boos on health care and cheers on immigration
It was Round Two for Rep. Mike Coffman, who, unlike many congressional Republicans, engaged once again with anxious voters in his suburban Denver district.
Denver’s Our Lives on the Line health care rally will take place Saturday in City Park
Colorado grassroots groups will host a rally on Saturday at Denver's City Park in response to lawmaker's renewed efforts this week to repeal and replace Obamacare.
Audit: Colorado health marketplace sustainable — for now
Colorado's state health insurance exchange is in a position to be financially sustainable through 2019.
Sen. Cory Gardner votes to allow Senate debate on health care
Senate Republicans took a step forward in their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, voting Tuesday afternoon to allow debate on health care legislation.
Wheelchair Sports Camp releases diss track aimed at Cory Gardner
Kalyn Heffernan said she wasn't done fighting the Republican health care plan, and she's true to her word.
Rep. Mike Coffman thinks Republicans need to scale back health care plan – for now
Coffman suggests his fellow Republicans stop trying to address so many issues in one bill and break the effort up into pieces.
People with disabilities are keeping the Medicaid pressure on Sen. Cory Gardner. Here’s how and why
With just days to go before the U.S. Senate again takes up the health care bill, an alliance of activist groups, caregivers and people of all abilities is at center stage in Colorado.
Gardner protesters released from jail after 30 hours, vow to keep fighting
Everyone was free to go home a little before 4 a.m., bringing an end -- though only for now -- to an effort to convince Cory Gardner to stand against his party's health care plan.
Activist Carrie Ann Lucas told Denver police to Google how to use her wheelchair; now she’s charged with interference
She was charged with interference with a police officer along with the trespassing citations issued to nine others arrested in Sen. Gardner's office.
Medicaid cuts in Republican health care bill could cost Colorado $15 billion over 10 years, analysis finds
"How is Colorado going to respond to these very heavy Medicaid cuts? It's probably going to be something that could even define the next governor's term."
Sen. Bennet welcomes reporters to dodge new Capitol rules, but it addresses the wrong problem
Counterpoint: Capitol press are not banned from the hallways. (That would be a much darker change.) They are banned from interviewing in the halls.
John Oliver criticized Denver’s DaVita for 24 minutes straight
"We focused on DaVita because they have the most patients," he says, and because of CEO Kent Thiry's antics, which the comedian exults in for some time.
Rep. Mike Coffman explains his “no” vote on the Republican health care bill
Coffman added that he would not vote for a bill "of this magnitude" without a Congressional Budget Office score and without an estimated price tag.