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Hickenlooper backs bill that would allow patients to compare medical costs

Legislation aims to improve health care transparency

DATE: Jul 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango residents meet in Buckley Park to defend Medicaid on Saturday

Speakers call out damage to health care threatened by Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill’

DATE: May 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cuts to Medicaid will impact services for all, Southwest Colorado medical providers say

Axis Health System, Mercy see financial strain if health care for low-income families is cut

DATE: Mar 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Private health insurers in Colorado will need to cover abortion care beginning in January

Advocates want similar protections for public employees, Medicaid recipients after Amendment 79’s passage

DATE: Dec 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

La Plata County Medicaid rolls shrank 40% in the last 18 months

Open enrollment on Colorado’s health care marketplace began Nov. 1

DATE: Nov 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Democrats frustrated as Gov. Polis vetoes six Colorado bills

Governor shutdown proposals on labor rights, waste incinerators and more; here’s why

DATE: May 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘Very angry’ patients await resolution of Mercy, Anthem dispute

Contract between hospital system and major insurer lapsed May 1

DATE: May 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Contract deadline passes with no deal between CommonSpirit, Anthem

Mercy Hospital, along with dozens of other facilities statewide, is out of network for Anthem members

DATE: May 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

‘Hopeless and helpless,’ patients caught between Anthem and CommonSpirit

As major insurer and hospital system negotiate, patients feel ‘used’

DATE: May 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Hospitals suing patients would have to put their names on lawsuits under new Colorado bill

‘Deceiving people who owe money should never be a strategy to hide affiliation,’ patient advocacy member says

DATE: Apr 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Anthem letter sows confusion, stress among patients

April 1 letter informed some customers of May 1 split from CommonSpirit Health

DATE: Apr 9, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Anthem insurance and Mercy Hospital’s parent company in contract dispute

If differences can’t be resolved by May 1, patients may be forced to find new doctors

DATE: Mar 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

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