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Health

Bush’s SCHIP Shenanigans Don’t Affect Colorado – Yet

First, the good news. President George W. Bush’s latest pandering to private insurance companies will not affect Colorado’s program to provide treatment to kids...

Colorado Ranks Low in Contraception Access

Trotting out the pejorative "Colobama" to describe Colorado's poor ranking on some quality of life yardstick generally evokes snickers of derision until one realizes...

Mandating the HPV Vaccine

As a debate on the issue rages across the country, Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would make a vaccine for human papilloma virus...

The Coming HCA-United Healthcare Crisis

You probably don't recognize the name Rick May.  But, on Capitol Hill in Denver, he is a household name to legislators involved in the...
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