An Interview with Catherine Strode
As a recipient of the State Innovation Model grant, Colorado is playing a strong role in determining how health care might look in the future. Focused on integrating care and payment reform, the grant is one of many projects underway in the state targeting health care reform. In this interview with Catherine Strode, one of Colorado’s experts in health care policy, Attorney Elisabeth Arenales with the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, offers her opinion as to where Colorado is headed.[Read more…] about Colorado’s Future Health Care System: ‘A Work In Progress’
State Senate Candidate Gardner Prescribes Health Care Agenda for Republicans
An Interview with Catherine Strode
Former Representative Bob Gardner, R-Colorado Springs, co-sponsored several pieces of health care legislation during his four terms in the House. Several of those championed policies for individuals with development and intellectual disabilities.
An attorney, Gardner is now running for the seat in Senate District 12 left vacant by Senator Bill Cadman’s departure due to term limits. In an interview with Catherine Strode, Former Representative Gardner offers his view of the recent Supreme Court ruling on the Affordable Care Act and calls Republicans to action to create effective health care reform. [Read more…] about State Senate Candidate Gardner Prescribes Health Care Agenda for Republicans
Health Care Advocacy News – July 2015
Clinica Tepeyac’s View of Health Disparities and Care for Immigrants
An Interview with Catherine Strode
Jim García founded Clinica Tepeyac 23 years ago. A community-based health center, it provides primary and behavioral health care, and health education to Metro Denver’s medically underserved, predominantly Latino population. Many patients are undocumented. Now the Executive Director of Clinica Tepeyac, Jim says capacity has grown to handle 20,000 patient visits annually. In an interview with Catherine Strode, he discussed how he separates the issue of health care disparities with politics.
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DOI Commissioner Calls Exchange Leadership ‘Strong’ and Predicts Good Future
Colorado’s Insurance Commissioner, Marguerite Salazar, wants state residents to know where they can go for greater understanding of the benefits offered in insurance policies, and, where to file complaints when they are not satisfied with an insurance company’s practices. She says the Division of Insurance relies on consumers to know when something within an insurance company isn’t working for the consumer’s benefit.In this interview with Advocacy Denver’s Policy Outreach Specialist Catherine Strode, Commissioner Salazar also discussed the future of Colorado’s Health Exchange, predicting more financial viability in the years ahead.
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Health Care Advocacy News – June 2015
A big thank you to the National Arc’s HealthMeet Team and the Walmart Foundation!Hidden or Unemployed: America’s Failure to Get Disabled People Jobs
A generation after the Americans with Disabilities Act, states are facing federal demands to rethink their approach to helping disabled people find work. But could the policy shift worsen their prospects?
9Health Fair Results
I would like to recognize our Volunteer Coordinators for this 9Health Fair – Larry Ballonoff, Elizabeth Casswell, Sally Tanner, Shane Sanford, Catherine Strode, Renee
Buteyn, Carissa Casswell, Cecilia Gutierrez, and Kaley Day! Each one of you made our faira wonderful and memorable event! Thank you! [Read more…] about 9Health Fair Results
Cost of Care is Down Says State Medicaid Director
An Interview with Catherine Strode
Over one million Coloradans are now receiving their medical care through enrollment in the Medicaid program. That figure represents 20 per cent of the state’s population. In an interview with Catherine Strode, the Director of Medicaid, Gretchen Hammer, explains how the cost of care is being contained with the rising enrollment rates.[Read more…] about Cost of Care is Down Says State Medicaid Director
‘Value Ideology Differences’ Marked the 2015 Session Says Speaker of the House Hullinghorst
An Interview with Catherine Strode
“It’s been lots of fun.” That’s how Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, characterizes the role she played during the 2015 legislative session. In an interview with Catherine Strode, State Representative Hullinghorst (D-10) acknowledged that fewer bills were passed this Session as compared to last, but says she is proud of the legislature’s bipartisan work results.[Read more…] about ‘Value Ideology Differences’ Marked the 2015 Session Says Speaker of the House Hullinghorst