Connect for Health Colorado Updates

• “It’s been a big week for healthcare reform. There was a great deal of relief Thursday with the Supreme Court’s announcement of the King v. Burwell decision. Local media, including Colorado Public Radio,  explained what it means and doesn’t mean in Colorado. Many accounts included a statement from Kevin Patterson, our interim CEO.
• That show stopper came a few days after the release of the National Health Interview Survey. It found that the share of poor Americans who were uninsured declined substantially in 2014. The report found an increasing percentage of the population covered by Marketplace plans. For New York Times coverage, click here.
• Narrow networks are never far from the conversation on affordable coverage. The Colorado Health Institute published a paper this week on network adequacy and the public policy questions around the issue. Read it here.
• The Kaiser Family Foundation put together thoughtful analysis of marketplaces and Medicaid expansion in five states, including Colorado, in this report.” [Source: Connect for Health Colorado]