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David Olinger

David Olinger is a former investigative journalist for The Denver Post.

The device uses a small camera and micro-chip to stimulate the patient's optic nerve.

University hospital performs first bionic eye transplant in Colorado

April 19, 2016 at 7:47 p.m.

University hospital performs first bionic eye transplant in Colorado

A sign placed out on the 16th Street Mall, beckons people to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Colorado health exchange has 42,000 enrollees, hoping for 190,000

April 19, 2016 at 2:35 p.m.

Colorado health exchange has 42,000 enrollees, hoping for 190,000

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Hospital provider fee is a billion-dollar political fight in Colorado

April 21, 2017 at 7:20 a.m.

Hospital provider fee is a billion-dollar political fight in Colorado

"It took me forever to try to figure how to navigate this because it's different than anything we've seen." Dr. David Opperman, above, an ear, nose and throat specialist

Burned by flaming water skis? New medical codes cover that and other injuries

April 20, 2016 at 1:31 a.m.

Burned by flaming water skis? New medical codes cover that and other injuries

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Denver VA names agency official from Texas to lead local office

November 19, 2015 at 11:10 a.m.

Denver VA names agency official from Texas to lead local office

Screenshot from the HealthOP website.

Colorado health insurance cooperative cuts off payments to brokers

April 19, 2016 at 10:26 p.m.

Colorado health insurance cooperative cuts off payments to brokers

From left, Sam Johns with wife Lori and daughters Sara and Melissa.

CU doctors perform Colorado’s first heart-kidney transplant

April 20, 2016 at 1:35 a.m.

CU doctors perform Colorado's first heart-kidney transplant

DENVER, CO - June 30: Medical staff makes their way though the sixth floor Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at the Denver Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Denver, Colorado. Denver's VA Medical Center currently serves veterans in the Rocky Mountain region and helps them with the general and more complex issues that they might be having including mental health issues. Once the new VA hospital in Aurora is complete, they are looking to be able to expand their services to even more individuals on an even higher level of care.

Coloradans’ spending on health care quadruples in two decades

April 19, 2016 at 10:38 p.m.

Coloradans' spending on health care quadruples in two decades

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Centura to open hybrid centers in Colorado for ER, urgent care

April 19, 2016 at 9:13 p.m.

Centura to open hybrid centers in Colorado for ER, urgent care

Colorado state Senator Dr. Irene Aguilar, right, who is a physician at Denver Health, helps deliver more than 156,000 signatures to put a health care question on the 2016 ballot, outside the offices of the Colorado Secretary of State, in Denver, Oct. 23, 2015.

Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system

June 8, 2016 at 1:50 p.m.

Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system