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Oral Health Colorado Urges ‘Yes’ Vote

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Deborah Foote, Executive Director, Oral Health of Colorado (picture provided by OHCO)

Promoting policies that support oral health for all Coloradans, on the federal, state, and local levels, is the work of Oral Health of Colorado. Currently, the eight-year-old advocacy organization is focused on retaining Denver Water’s policy of water fluoridation. In an interview with Catherine Strode, Executive Director Deborah Foote says the Denver Water Board Commissioners’ upcoming vote, whether or not to continue this policy, is a crucial one for Colorado and for the entire country.
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ADVOCACYDENVER Joins Denver Broncos to Support Health EXPO

helmetADVOCACYDENVER will participate in the Denver Broncos’ premiere Health and Wellness EXPO over Labor Day Weekend. The EXPO is a first for the Broncos, who are pairing up with UCHealth, to impact the health and well-being of their fans statewide. [Read more…] about ADVOCACYDENVER Joins Denver Broncos to Support Health EXPO

Colorado’s Future Health Care System: ‘A Work In Progress’

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.
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State Senate Candidate Gardner Prescribes Health Care Agenda for Republicans

An Interview with Catherine Strode

Bob GardnerFormer 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

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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