Policy Speakout

Sequestration and health in Colorado
April 2013

Bob Mook is the editorial manager of the Colorado Health Foundation.

'Breakfast After the Bell' serves better education
March 2013

Summer Gathercole is the Colorado state director of Share Our Strength.

Medicaid expansions will help Colorado's economy
February 2013

Charles Brown is president of Charles Brown Consulting, a public policy and economic consulting firm, and director of Colorado State University's Colorado Futures Center.

Legislative priorities for 2013
January 2013

Cassidy Smith and Kyle Legleiter are public policy officers for the Colorado Health Foundation.

Public engagement is good for health
December 2012

Chris Adams is the president of Engaged Public, which leads the statewide implementation of TBD Colorado.

What's next for health reform?
November 2012

Joan Henneberry is a principal of Health Management Associates, a national health policy research and consulting firm.

Exchange bringing choice, convenience to small businesses
October 2012

Jim Sugden is manager of the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) for the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange.

School lunch, then and now
September 2012

Rainey Wikstrom is a parent and activist, and the CEO of The Healthy People Project, a Denver-based consulting firm dedicated to building healthier schools.

How the Farm Bill impacts health
August 2012

Jennifer Billig is senior program leader at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Survey says health exchange will help employers
July 2012

Bob Semro is a health care policy analyst with the Bell Policy Center, a non-partisan policy research center that advocates public policies that reflect progressive values.

Legislators earned an 'E' for effort in 2012
June 2012

Michele Lueck is the president of the Colorado Health Institute.

Health highlights of the 2012 General Assembly
May 2012

Alexis Weightman is the director of policy for the Colorado Health Foundation.

Better health care through data collection
April 2012

Steve Holloway is the director of the Primary Care Office at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Colorado's future is 'TBD'
March 2012

Chris Adams is president of Engaged Public and project director for TBD Colorado.

Getting ready for the benefit exchange
February 2012

Patty Fontneau is executive director of the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange.

The business case for healthy food
January 2012

Shepard Nevel is vice president of policy and evaluation for the Colorado Health Foundation.

Fiscal challenges will persist despite good economic news
December 2011

Jeffrey A. Roberts is a research analyst at the University of Denver's Center for Colorado's Economic Future.

Let's remove the policy barriers to integrating care
November 2011

Benjamin Miller, PsyD, is a clinical psychologist and an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Teaching Health Centers could boost primary care
October 2011

Lucy Loomis, MD, MSPH, is the director of Family Medicine at Denver Health.

Advancing health in uncertain times
September 2011

Allison Summerton is a research analyst for the Colorado Health Institute.

'Unlikely bedfellows' help cover Colorado kids
August 2011

Christy Trimmer is the community liaison and policy analyst for the Covering Kids and Families project at the Colorado Community Health Network.

Let the tomato speak for itself
July 2011

Coby Gould is the executive director of the GrowHaus.

Health center cuts jeopardize lives, dollars
June 2011

Annette Kowal is the CEO of the Colorado Community Health Network.

Good news for covering Colorado kids
May 2011

Brittney Petersen is a project manager for the Colorado Community Health Network.

A giant leap for physical activity in Colorado
April 2011

Vicki Wattier teaches health and physical education at Gunnison High School in Gunnison, Colo.

Separating exchange facts from fiction
March 2011

Joan Henneberry is the project director for the Colorado Health Insurance Exchange with the Colorado Health Institute.

No easy answers in state budget quandary
February 2011

Chris Adams is president of Engaged Public, a consulting firm providing strategies for better policy.

What’s ahead for health care reform
January 2011

Lorez Meinhold is director of health reform implementation and senior health policy analyst for the State of Colorado.