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Panel Approves State Health Reform Recommendations

Colorado's Blue Ribbon Commission For Health Care Reform approved a set of recommendations Monday that will be presented to the legislature in January. The...

Administrative Reforms Could Save Bundle in Health Costs

Streamlining administrative procedures in medical providers' offices could save Colorado $167 million in health care spending, according to the latest analysis from the panel...

208 Commission Passes Fifth Health Reform Proposal

It wasn't easy, but during an all-day meeting Monday members of Colorado's Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform finished its draft of a...

Health Reform Commission Seeks Public Input

It's still unclear what reform of Colorado's health care system will look like and whether it will be sweeping or scattered, and now is...

Newspapers Flub Health Reform Stories

Health care is a vast, complicated subject, and the task of understanding the health care reform proposals being considered by the state's 208 Commission...

Rural Task Force Stresses Access To Health Care

The job of the task forces advising the state's 208 Commission is to analyze the four health care reform proposals being considered and tell...

Task Forces Advise 208 Commission

Many different parties have stakes in statewide health care debate. As Colorado's Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform, also called the 208 Commission,...

Other States Grapple With Health Reforms

If the experiences of other states are any indication, Colorado could have a tough road ahead in its quest for statewide health care reform....

208 Commission Proposal: Colorado Health Services Program

Thirty-one proposals were submitted to the state's Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform (often called the 208 Commission), which was established by the...

208 Commission Proposal: A Plan for Covering Coloradans

Thirty-one proposals were submitted to the state's Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform (often called the 208 commission), which was established by the...