Lowering the cost of insurance in Colorado – a new analysis of the Peak Health Alliance
By: Mark Meiselbach, Assistant Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University and Matthew Eisenberg, Associate Professor of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University A community-led partnership in Colorado designed to negotiate health care prices lowered health care premiums in 2020 and 2021, we find in our new paper in the Journal of Risk and Insurance. The nonprofit […]
Extreme heat, flooding, wildfires – Colorado’s formerly incarcerated people on the hazards they faced behind bars
By: Shawhin Roudbari, Associate Professor of Environmental Design, University of Colorado Boulder and Shideh Dashti, Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder Incarcerated people in Colorado are exposed to climate-related extreme heat and cold, plus flooding and wildfires. Because they’re unable to escape these hazards, their health suffers and some […]