Healthcare policy

Local News

San Juan Basin Public Health working with state to provide COVID-19 targeted testing

strives to reach disadvantaged, underserved communities

February 20, 2021

Local News

Public health officials urge caution as COVID-19 cases trend upward

‘The virus is roaring back all over the country’

October 30, 2020

Local News

Republican candidate Boebert touts free market in health care

Democratic opponent Mitsch Bush defends Affordable Care Act

September 16, 2020

Local News

Republican candidate Boebert touts free market in health care

Democratic opponent Mitsch Bush defends Affordable Care Act

September 15, 2020

Local News

Woman recounts experience of lost pregnancy at La Plata County Jail

Tuesday Olson had organs removed years ago after untimely care behind bars

February 26, 2020

Local News

Tipton visits Southwest Memorial

Congressman joins in conversation on health care challenges

August 14, 2019

Regional News

Colorado a step closer to adopting health reinsurance plan

If approved by federal officials in Washington, D.C., a state reinsurance program could help about 250,000 Coloradans who buy health…

June 9, 2019

Local First

Local solutions to health care could provide financial relief

Ask anyone living in La Plata County about health care, and you will probably hear the same story: rising costs,…

April 20, 2019

Local News

Gov. Jared Polis highlights efforts to reduce health care costs

ticking, funding dwindling on bills that would deliver on plan

April 4, 2019

Regional News

Rep. Jared Polis expands on health care ideas

Democratic gubernatorial candidate says his ‘roadmap’ would reduce costs

September 17, 2018

Regional News

Governor candidates see dangers in each other’s health proposals

Republican gubernatorial candidate Walker Stapleton, left, and Democratic candidate Jared Polis.du1-i-syn Both candidates say it’s a top priority to expand…

August 26, 2018

Local News

CHIP, immigration priorities for politicians

Tipton, Gardner, Bennet look ahead

January 21, 2018

Regional News

Coloradans sign up for health care in growing numbers

Tymbre Guerin, left, her mother Barbara Smith talk with health care insurance broker Justina Burciaga.John Daley/Colorado Public Radio So Obamacare…

December 18, 2017

Nation & World

8.8 million Americans face big tax hike if Republicans scrap the medical deduction

With shirts saying “fight poverty not the poor,” people with the “Poor People’s Campaign” gesture the group to remain quiet…

December 10, 2017

Nation & World

Health law sign-ups start, and some see a ‘hostile takeover’

Many people already faced fewer choices and higher premiums. But President Donald Trump’s decision to cancel a subsidy to insurers…

October 30, 2017

Nation & World

Partisan clash on Obamacare raises specter of government shutdown

President Donald Trump speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)du1-i-syn Trump’s…

October 16, 2017

Nation & World

Trump to end ACA subsidies

President Trump signs an executive order on health care the White House Thursday. Later Thursday, Politico reported Trump will end…

October 12, 2017

Nation & World

GOP hopes to reform health care dim

Kentucky Republican U.S. Sen Rand Paul tells reporters he plans to vote against a GOP bill that would repeal and…

September 25, 2017

Nation & World

Collins’ opposition essentially kills GOP health care drive

The Maine moderate said in a statement that the legislation would make “devastating” cuts in the Medicaid program for poor…

September 25, 2017

Nation & World

GOP health bill offers provisions aimed at helping 2 states

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, speaks with a reporter as she arrives for a vote at the Capitol in Washington. Provisions…

September 22, 2017

Nation & World

Winners and losers in GOP’s last-ditch health overhaul

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., joined by, from left, Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Barrasso,…

September 19, 2017

Nation & World

Frustration mounts over premiums for individual health plans

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Chairman Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., accompanied by the committee’s ranking member Sen. Patty…

September 3, 2017

Nation & World

More hurdles as Senate again delays vote on GOP health bill

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. listens on Capitol Hill July 11 in Washington, during the committee’s…

July 16, 2017

Nation & World

Cory Gardner: A swing-state case study of the GOP health-care bind

Republican Sen. Cory Gardner has shown little, if any, indication of how he’ll vote on a new health care bill.Associated…

July 16, 2017