/tags/medicare Medicare en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-19/what-to-know-as-medicare-enrollment-opens Medicare’s open enrollment period began Tuesday. Many existing plans have been changed or removed, and with an increased push for Medicare Advantage plans, there is growing concern that more seniors will enter 2025 with inadequate benefits. Sat, 19 Oct 2024 12:00:00 GMT /news/2024-10-19/what-to-know-as-medicare-enrollment-opens Jace DiCola, Health & Wellness Reporter with The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel /news/2023-12-07/the-uninsured-rate-is-at-an-all-time-low-in-colorado-but-federal-rollbacks-could-change-that The number of Coloradans without health insurance hit an all-time low this year. The state uninsured rate dropped in 2023 to 4.6 percent. Reporter Michael Booth with The Colorado Sun joined KUNC host Nikole Robinson Carroll to discuss how some changes to federal policies are making the future of that figure unclear. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:30:55 GMT /news/2023-12-07/the-uninsured-rate-is-at-an-all-time-low-in-colorado-but-federal-rollbacks-could-change-that Nikole Robinson Carroll /npr-news/npr-news/2020-07-21/another-problem-on-the-health-horizon-medicare-is-running-out-of-money With millions of people out of work because of the coronavirus pandemic, fewer payroll taxes are coming in to help keep Medicare's trust fund intact. Tue, 21 Jul 2020 09:01:02 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2020-07-21/another-problem-on-the-health-horizon-medicare-is-running-out-of-money Julie Rovner /2020-02-04/mountain-west-hospitals-among-those-penalized-over-high-complication-rates Nearly 40 hospitals in the Mountain West are being penalized for having high rates of infections, patient injuries or other complications from hospital... Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:41:48 GMT /2020-02-04/mountain-west-hospitals-among-those-penalized-over-high-complication-rates Madelyn Beck, Madelyn Beck /health/2019-03-28/polis-to-sign-colorado-hospital-transparency-bill-into-law Colorado hospitals will be required to report annual spending in an effort to curb health care prices under a bill Gov. Jared Polis is signing into law… Thu, 28 Mar 2019 19:33:44 GMT /health/2019-03-28/polis-to-sign-colorado-hospital-transparency-bill-into-law Associated Press /npr-news/npr-news/2019-03-27/medicares-uncapped-drug-costs-take-a-big-bite-from-already-tight-budgets Unlike many private health plans, Medicare has no cap on out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drugs in Part D. As the cost of specialty drugs rises, some Medicare patients owe thousands of dollars. Wed, 27 Mar 2019 09:00:20 GMT /npr-news/npr-news/2019-03-27/medicares-uncapped-drug-costs-take-a-big-bite-from-already-tight-budgets Michelle Andrews /health/2019-02-04/in-new-report-on-rural-hospitals-mountain-west-looks-troubled The American Hospital Association has released a new report on the state of rural hospitals across the country. There’s good and bad news about how the… Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:53:23 GMT /health/2019-02-04/in-new-report-on-rural-hospitals-mountain-west-looks-troubled Rae Ellen Bichell /npr-news/2018-07-27/some-doctors-patients-balk-at-medicares-flat-fee-payment-proposal The Trump administration says its plan to overhaul the way Medicare pays doctors will save physicians time and paperwork. But critics worry the changes will hurt patients' care and doctors' income. Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2018-07-27/some-doctors-patients-balk-at-medicares-flat-fee-payment-proposal Martha Bebinger /politics/2017-11-03/colorado-d-c-roundup-votes-on-fire-prevention-health-care-study-on-quiet-zones Fire prevention and repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act were on the table this week in the U.S. House, while Colorado’s senators backed the… Fri, 03 Nov 2017 22:08:52 GMT /politics/2017-11-03/colorado-d-c-roundup-votes-on-fire-prevention-health-care-study-on-quiet-zones /health/2016-01-11/the-beginners-guide-to-colorados-universal-health-care-ballot-proposal In 2016, Colorado voters will have the opportunity to weigh in on a proposal for universal single payer health care. If the ballot measure, called… Mon, 11 Jan 2016 12:00:00 GMT /health/2016-01-11/the-beginners-guide-to-colorados-universal-health-care-ballot-proposal Stephanie Paige Ogburn