Tag: Healthcare
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Using housing and cash, ‘the program’ exploits Colorado’s homeless for Medicaid millions
Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series. Read about how home health in Colorado is a complex setup and about the group On Going HHC. They call it “the program.” For the past four years, dozens of homeless people in the Denver metro area have been recruited to live rent-free in suburban houses sprinkled across Aurora…
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Plague found in cat in Jefferson County
Jefferson County Public Health (JCPH) confirmed the county’s first case of the plague since 2023 in a domestic cat Wednesday. A domestic cat from Evergreen — near Cub Creek Park — recently died from the plague, an illness caused by the bacteria called Yersinia pestis, marking the first case in the county this year, according to a…
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Colorado Planned Parenthood suspends Medicaid services as federal spending law takes effect
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains has suspended services to patients who use Medicaid for insurance following the signing of federal tax and spending legislation by President Donald Trump on Friday. The organization notified approximately 15,000 patients, about 25% of their patient base, that they…
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King Soopers, union reach tentative agreement
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save King Soopers and the union representing many of its employees have reached a tentative agreement, the union announced Thursday. United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 said union leadership met with King Soopers and City Market on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and that after…
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AdventHealth breaks ground on Aurora Highlands medical campus
The Aurora Highlands’ first medical center broke ground this week, bringing health care closer to residents of the community. AdventHealth broke ground on its new Aurora medical campus Wednesday. The Aurora Highlands is a 4,000-acre master planned community just south of Denver International Airport. The campus is scheduled to open in September of 2026, according…
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Colorado healthcare costs vary wildly based on care provider, insurance, non-profit says
Healthcare providers are charging unknowing Colorado consumers up to 31 times greater prices depending on provider, Cynthia Fisher, the founder of Patient Rights Advocate, says.
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Broncos players swing for the fences to raise $120,000 for veteran mental health
NFL players try out their baseball skills during UCHealth’s Healthy Swings event
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Five candidates battle to be Denver’s first female mayor
Of the 17 candidates vying to be Denver’s next mayor, five are female and one of them may just make city history. Denver has never had a female mayor and early polling data show Kelly Brough and Lisa Calderon ahead of the pack. Others, like state Rep. Leslie Herod, current at-large Councilwoman Debbie Ortega, and political…
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Union workers fight for better working conditions in Greeley
Union workers in Greeley Friday took action with Starbucks workers walking out and JBS plant workers threatening a strike that was averted just minutes before a 200-worker walkout. Several Starbucks workers, members of Starbucks Workers United, walked out of the store on 11th Avenue Friday morning as part of a nationwide effort to get company…