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A cyclist rides past the University of Colorado Hospital on June 24, 2016.

In Colorado鈥檚 drumbeat of medical mergers, rural hospitals often trade independence for better care

July 4, 2017 at 6:00 a.m.

Mergers of rural Colorado hospitals with big-city health systems, such as the union last month of Yampa Valley Medical Center and UCHealth, are becoming the norm in the state, driven...

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Commission says Colorado needs “extraordinary public leadership” on health costs

June 30, 2017 at 5:01 a.m.

As its work comes to an end, a commission tasked with studying rising health care costs in Colorado say leaders must show political courage to keep health spending from gobbling...

Colorado medical leaders speak out against Republican health care bill

June 28, 2017 at 6:00 a.m.

Several Colorado medical leaders this week have spoken out against the Better Care Reconciliation Act, the Senate's version of the GOP's health reform plan, and new polls show that Colorado...

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: People celebrate in front of the US Supreme Court after ruling was announced on the Affordable Care Act. June 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. The high court ruled that the Affordabvle Care Act may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help poor and middle-class people buy health insurance. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Find out how Senate health care bill鈥檚 tax-credit cuts might affect you

June 26, 2017 at 5:50 p.m.

The nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation created an interactive map that estimates the impact of the Senate health care bill鈥檚 $424 billion in reduced tax credits by county, age and income.

GOP health plans would leave rural Coloradans paying more, new report says

June 27, 2017 at 12:52 a.m.

A number of research groups argue that the GOP's two health care plans -- the House's American Health Care Act and the Senate's Better Care Reconciliation Act -- would hurt...

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CU professor engaged in research misconduct, investigative committee finds

June 21, 2017 at 4:36 p.m.

A professor on the University of Colorado's Anschutz Medical Campus left the institution last year as a university committee finished a report concluding she engaged in research misconduct, a CU...

A picture taken on March 14, 2016 shows tablets and a stethoscope.

No insurers leaving Colorado health exchange in 2018, commissioner says

June 21, 2017 at 10:25 a.m.

Colorado Insurance Commissioner Marguerite Salazar said Wednesday that no insurers are backing out of Connect for Health Colorado next year and that every county in the state will have at...

Easing fears, Anthem announces plan to participate in Colorado health insurance exchange in 2018

June 20, 2017 at 10:50 a.m.

Health insurance giant Anthem announced late Monday that it has submitted proposed 2018 plans to the state, easing fears that it might back out of Colorado's health insurance exchange and...

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) holds up a copy of the American Health Care Act during a news conference with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), left, and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-Ore.) outside Ryan's office in the U.S. Capitol on March 7, 2017 in Washington, D.C.

Colorado health insurers quiet about 2018 participation in state exchange

June 18, 2017 at 8:00 a.m.

Major Colorado health insurers have stopped short of committing to the state's Affordable Care Act exchange for 2018, as uncertainty surrounding federal health reform creates a murky business picture.

An oil tank burns at the scene of an oil well explosion near the Grand View Estates neighborhood in Mead on May 25, 2017.

Colorado releases accident report on oil and gas worker killed in explosion near Mead

June 15, 2017 at 7:24 a.m.

Workers were replacing piping connected to a set of oil storage tanks near Mead when an explosion occurred last month that killed one worker and injured three others, according to...

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