Colorado Health Insurance Headlines
"Tu Salud": Univision health care series premieres Saturday
Univision Colorado is launching a weekly Spanish-language TV series devoted to health, targeting Hispanic families without access to health care and without insurance.
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Report: 8-10 percent of Colorado children lack health insurance
DENVER -- A new report by the All Kids Covered coalition shows that between 8 and 10-percent of children in Colorado are without health insurance.
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Comment on Decaying statistics prompt a renewed dental-health push by Colorado and private officials by Donduk
My health coverage (provided by a VERY large group) offers practically little dental coverage -- high premiums and 50% out-of-pocket. I know plenty of people who have health insurance and can't afford to use it; the situation is even worse with dental coverage. Also, as an aside: The eye coverage I get (which is mercifully optional) is so bad that I come out ahead if I buy new glasses out of ...
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Colorado high-risk health insurance pool runs up claims twice the U.S. average
Colorado's troubled high-risk health-insurance pool has asked the federal government for nearly $15 million more than planned after running up early claims that are twice the national average.
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Medicaid dispute pits "shared responsibility," care of poor
Colorado policymakers are wrestling to bring the burgeoning Medicaid budget under control, as critics fear health insurance for the poor will consume the state budget.
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Number of Colo. children without health insurance drops
A campaign to provide health insurance to children is showing progress in Colorado, where two surveys show the number of uninsured kids is down to 8 to 10 percent.
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Has Pet Insurance Become a Necessity?
After Nicole Bodzon, 28, a consultant in Conifer, Colorado, paid $1,600 for her pug, Pepe, to have a possibly cancerous tumor removed from his eye, she thought she might benefit from an insurance policy. But it took her a while …
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The Politics of Contraception: How a Health Insurance Controversy Could Shape the Election
According to a memo published by the moderate think tank, Third Way, and highlighted by The New Yorker's Ryan Lizza, the 2012 election will come down to a fight over truly independent voters who cast ballots for Obama in 2008. If Obama can hang on to these voters, he wins. If he cedes too many to Mitt Romney, he loses. Other factors like turnout will come into play, but the document suggests ...
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People on the move, 2/8
• Kumar & Associates Inc. named Duane Craft as the new manager of the Colorado Springs office.
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