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Publications Tagged With "health reform"
Health Law and Policy Update 7.20.2012
This week's updates Colorado should consider all the benefits of Medicaid expansion Dual Eligible Demonstration Proposals Raise S...
Health Law and Policy Update - May 18, 2012
Colorado's Special Session update, Six states receive Exchange Establishment grants, HHS releases guidance on exchange certificati...
Health Law and Policy Update - May 4, 2012
Health Law and Policy Update Headlines: The Exchange extends deadline for advisory group nomination, the Governor to sign Ho...
Health Law and Policy Update: Hospital Payment Assistance Program passes unanimously out of committee
Headlines of the week Hospital Payment Assistance Program passes unanimously out of committee Senate Bill 12-134, the Hospital Pay...
Health Law and Policy Update: Today is the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act
This week's updates Today is the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act Hospital Payment Assistance Program passes Senate ...
Health Law and Policy Update: Health reform law approaches second anniversary
This week's updates Health reform law approaches second anniversary HHS releases final exchange and Medicaid regulations Covering...
Health Law and Policy Update: Health reform law approaches second anniversary
This week's updates Health reform law approaches second anniversary Basics of health reform haven't reached many people One in th...
Health Law and Policy Update: High court in Maine upholds premium rate-review authority
This week's updates High court in Maine upholds premium rate-review authority Hospital Payment Assistance Act passes out of Appro...
Health Law and Policy Update: Threats and rhetoric around health reform persist at the Colorado General Assembly
This week's updates Threats and rhetoric around health reform persist at the Colorado General Assembly Colorado House passes reso...
Health Law and Policy Update: Governor addresses health reform victories and Medicaid challenges
This week's updates Governor addresses health reform victories and Medicaid challenges Medicaid the top priority for CCLP's Healt...
Health Law and Policy Update: Supreme Court will hear challenge to health reform
This week's updates Supreme Court will hear challenge to health reform Lawsuit challenges HealthONE hospital transaction Number o...
Health Law and Policy Update: Consumers want choice, affordable prices from health exchange, research shows
This week's updates Consumers want choice, affordable prices from health exchange, research shows Health groups join physicians s...
Health Law and Policy Update: More Coloradans have health insurance
This week's updates More in Colorado have health insurance, new Census Bureau figures show Federal court in Pennsylvania rules pa...
Health Law and Policy Update: Appeals court strikes down challenge to health law
This week's updates Appeals court strikes down challenge to health law Attorney general to hold public hearings on HealthONE hosp...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates Health exchange officials working though comments on federal rules Website helps consumers understand health ...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates Exchange board picks Hammer as chairwoman Community health centers will more than double their workforce Appe...
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This week's updates Health programs remain vulnerable in debt ceiling agreement Urge Congress to protect programs that help vulne...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates Colorado Health Foundation to sell its share of hospital group State receives grant to serve 'dual eligibles'...
Health Law and Policy Update
Want to know more about how current federal budget discussions can affect Colorado? Join us June 30 for Federal Budget Works, a th...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates Governor signs Colorado Health Benefit Exchange into law Governor saves health insurance coverage for 2,400 c...
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This week's updates Insurance companies would have owed consumers $2 billion last year had MLR provision been in effect Insurance...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates: Grant will help people eligible for Medicaid and Medicare Committee rejects bill that could have damaged com...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates: U.S. House approves federal budget plan that would devastate public programs 2011 federal budget cuts weaken...
Proposed Medicaid block grant would mean less flexibility and fewer federal dollars for Colorado
Growing concern about the federal budget deficit has led many to look to the Medicaid program for savings. One proposal to reduce ...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates: Federal budget proposal would be extremely irresponsible health policy State measure would impose premiums f...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates: Quick action needed to defeat measure that would undermine key PPACA provision Affordable Care Act marks fir...
During its first year, Affordable Care Act provided better access to coverage and vital market reforms
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which marks its one-year anniversary March 23, has brought considerable ch...
Health Law and Policy Update
This week's updates Some U.S. House members launch proposals to defund health reform Arizona may eliminate 250,000 from Medicaid ...
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Headlines of the week U.S. House Appropriations committee proposes devastating cuts On Wednesday, House Appropriations Committee C...
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Headlines of the week Health reform repeal fails in Senate As expected, a measure to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable ...
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Headlines of the week Governor sees opportunities for innovation in health reformGov. John Hickenlooper said Thursday that Colorad...
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Headlines of the week Hickenlooper announces key department directorsGov.-elect John Hickenlooper on Tuesday announced the appoint...
Virginia decision striking down individual mandate is contrary to precedent and will not be the last word
A judge's decision this week striking down the Affordable Care Act's mandate to buy health insurance should be viewed in context w...
Health Law and Policy Update
Headlines of the week Decision striking health reform's individual mandate is contrary to precedent and will not be the last word ...
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Headline of the week Judge throws out challenge to health reformA federal judge in Virginia on Tuesday threw out a challenge to th...
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Headlines of the week Governor proposes delay in provider payments In an effort to address an additional budget shortfall of $261....
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Headlines of the week NAIC approves consumer-friendly recommendation on medical expenses The National Association of Insurance Com...
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Headlines of the week Florida judge allows health reform case to move forward A federal judge in Florida issued a ruling Thursday ...
Health reform: What you should know
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became law on March 23, 2010, beginning a process that will ensure for the first ti...
Colorado’s Amendment 63 uniquely unmeasured among anti-health reform measures across the nation
In the wake of national health care reform legislation (formally the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act), at least 40 stat...
Health Law and Policy Update
Headlines of the week Key aspects of reform went into effect ThursdayThursday marked the date of implementation of some of the mos...
Getting Colorado covered: Sept. 23 reforms are vital steps toward accessible, affordable health care
Sept. 23 marks the date of implementation of some of the most anticipated consumer protections included in the Patient Protection ...
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Headlines of the week Colorado Anthem customers will share $20 million settlement About 90,000 customers of the Anthem Blue Cross ...
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Headlines of the week Insurance companies abandon children with pre-existing conditions At least four major health insurance compa...
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Headlines of the week Feds allocate money for home visiting program Families at risk of health problems and other difficulties ca...
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Headlines of the week State health reform director to hold weekly public meetings Lorez Meinhold, the Colorado director of health ...
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Headlines of the week Colorado high-risk pool open for applications Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter this week announced the Colorado hig...
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Headlines of the week FMAP extension still on holdDespite attempts at a compromise, efforts to extend increased Medicaid funding t...
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Headlines of the week An uncertain future for crucial extension of Medicaid funding Twice this week, the American Jobs and Closing...
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Headlines of the week Medicaid FMAP Before adjourning for the Memorial Day recess, the House of Representatives passed a scaled do...
Careful monitoring and regulation of medical loss ratios will be crucial as health reform is implemented
Medical loss ratios for health insurance companies are the portion of each premium dollar the companies spend on medical care for ...
Lawmakers expanded access, set stage for federal reform, but moved backward in a few areas
2010 HEALTH LEGISLATIVE REVIEW Colorado lawmakers made a number of important changes to health care policy during their 2010 sessi...
What’s wrong with Colorado Ballot Initiative 45?
What it doesColorado Ballot Initiative 45 purports to accomplish at least two things: Opt Colorado out of any individual mandate ...
Health Law and Policy Update
Headlines of the week Federal judge intends to fast-track anti-reform litigation U.S. District Court Judge Roger Vinson said in a ...
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Headlines of the week President signs reconciliation bill President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed the reconciliation bill passed ...
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Headlines of the week Historic health reform bill is signed into law President Barack Obama signed the health care reform package ...
The benefits of health care reform in each Colorado congressional district
The House committee on Energy and Commerce last week issued an analysis showing the benefits of health care reform in all 435 cong...
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Headlines of the week Reconciliation package being formulated The House Budget Committee on Sunday evening released text that will...
Health Law and Policy Update
Headlines of the week Obama rallies for health care reform President Barack Obama continued urging lawmakers to pass comprehensive...
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Headlines of the week President moves federal health insurance reform forward President Barack Obama on Wednesday reiterated his a...
Case studies: The human impact of 2010 health care reform
In an effort to clarify the specific impacts of the health care legislation in Congress, an analysis was conducted on different pe...
Health Law and Policy Update
Welcome to the new Health Law and Policy Update from the health team at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. The recent hiatus i...
UPDATE ON HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Goals Stable costs, coverage and quality Consumer Choice Control of health care decisions Released Oct. 12, 2009 | More //...
Health Reform: Frequently Asked Questions
You’ve got questions? We’ve got answers. Released August 2009 | More //...
Top Five Reasons to Support H.R. 3200: America’s Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009
America’s Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009, also known as the House Tri-Committee bill, includes strong provisions...
Health Care Reform: Key Discussion Points
We need health care reform that guarantees Americans always have access to quality, affordable health care. We need reform that en...
Analysis of Key Health Care Reform Provisions
While different legislation is still being finalized in the House and Senate committees, CCLP has the following concerns on key su...
Health Care Cooperatives Not Substitute for Public Option
The health care reform debate in Washington often results in a lot of noise, a bit of hyperbole, and an overwhelming amount of inf...
2009 Health Care Legislative Review
Despite the unprecedented economic downturn and a brutal budget shortfall, Colorado was able to maintain some momentum on the road...