In The News
Through media coverage, articles and news releases, learn about The Colorado Trust, our grantees and our collective efforts to achieve access to health for all Coloradans.
- 02/22/10
Doctor Shortage Accelerating in Colorado
Public News Service
By Eric Mack
In rural Colorado and some inner-city neighborhoods, the shortage of medical professionals is growing. While some recruitment is happening due to loan repayment, training and other programs intended to address the problem, some in the field say public policy still may stand in the way. The Colorado Rural Health Center collaborates with health professionals throughout the state to come up with solutions. - 02/17/10
Grant Aims to Close Health Worker Gap
Fort Morgan Times
With more than 30 members, the Colorado Health Professions Workforce Policy Collaborative is developing policy solutions to close the health professions gap. - 02/16/10
Grant Aims to Curtail Nursing, Doctor Shortage
Colorado Springs Business Journal
By Amy Gillentine
The Colorado Rural Health Center received a $205,000 grant to develop policy solutions to address the problem of gaining access to medical care in rural areas of the state. - 01/26/10
Grant Boosts Children’s Health Insurance Coverage
The Mountain Mail
By Sue Price
Several hundred Chaffee County children have healthcare coverage because of a grant received by the county public health department. The three-year, $80,000 grant from The Colorado Trust helps pay for full-time employment of a public health outreach coordinator and a family health coordinator. - 01/06/10
Clinic in Globeville Does World of Good for Needy
The Denver Post
By Dana Coffield
For 15 years, La Clínica Tepeyac has provided primary health care services to the uninsured in north Denver. Today, as many as 80 patients are seen each weekday at the clinic, a humming nonprofit family practice that medical director Dr. Jim Williams describes as attending to the needs of people "from womb to tomb." - 12/11/09
Health Care Reform in Colorado is the Right Prescription for the Economy
Colorado Statesman
Opinion by Len Nicols, New America Foundation
Over the past year, the New America Foundation along with the Center for Colorado’s Economic Future at the University of Denver conducted a study called The Future of Colorado Health Care to make sense of the chatter and to answer one fundamental question: Do the economic benefits of health care reform in Colorado outweigh the costs? “We discovered that the answer is yes.” Health care reform is a good investment for Colorado. - 12/07/09
Report Finds CO in Pole Position for Health Reform
Public News Service
The Centennial State is better positioned than most when it comes to reforming health care. That's the finding of a recent report, funded by the Colorado Health Foundation and the Colorado Trust, that looked at what it would mean to the economy if the state were to implement the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform. - 12/06/09
Reform Pays in Colorado
The Denver Post
Opinion by Len Nichols, New America Foundation
Over the past year, the New America Foundation, along with the Center for Colorado's Economic Future at the University of Denver, conducted a study called The Future of Colorado Health Care. Its purpose was to make sense of the chatter and to answer one fundamental question: Do the economic benefits of health care reform in Colorado outweigh the costs? The answer, we determined, is yes. - 11/24/09
A Cost/Benefit Analysis of Health Reform in Colorado
Colorado Public Radio
A new study finds Coloradans would pay more taxes if health reforms like those Congress is considering are enacted. But there's a payoff: health insurance will cost less over the next decade. Ryan Warner talks with study co-author Len Nichols of the New America Foundation, and runs the findings by Tamra Ward, vice president for public policy at the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce. - 11/10/09
Study: Without Health Reform, Colorado Business Will Face Climbing Costs
Denver Business Journal
Expanding the availability of health insurance coverage in Colorado will spur increased economic activity and create more jobs, even after accounting for the costs of financing reform, according to a report commissioned by The Colorado Trust and the Colorado Health Foundation.