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A Colorado veteran needed help. He ended up dead after the VA referred him to a nursing home
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The terrible chain of events began three years ago in Grand Junction when the Veterans Health Administration made a questionable referral for an elderly veteran named Ernest Griffiths Jr. to enter a private-sector nursing home for his dementia care. It ended Feb. 25 with suspected felony neglect after a foot wound went untreated and sepsis…
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Colorado’s wealthiest hospitals favored in $1.2 billion COVID bailout
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Three years ago, as a mysterious and deadly virus called COVID-19 began to take hold in Colorado, hospital executives in the state scrambled to formulate plans, meeting weekly – sometimes daily – with elected officials, public health experts and with each other to get ahead of the coming storm they feared could overwhelm and financially…
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Marguerite Salazar, former Colorado insurance commissioner and federal health official, dies
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Marguerite Salazar, who served four years as Colorado’s insurance commissioner, died in Santa Fe on Nov. 1. Salazar died at a Santa Fe hospice, surrounded by her family, according to the Alamosa Citizen. She was 69. Salazar was born Juanita Marguerite Lara in La Jara, in the San Luis Valley. Salazar earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from…
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Head of new Office of New Americans named
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The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment hired Dee Daniels Scriven as director of its new Office of New Americans, according to a news release. Scriven previously worked for more than 12 years at the Office of Refugee Resettlement at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The new office, created by House Bill…
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Court rules against homeless-advocacy group in Lakewood land fight
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The federal government will move forward with the sale of a 59-acre parcel in Lakewood after a homeless advocacy group lost a court battle to cease the auction. The U.S. District Court of Colorado this week ruled against the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH), denying a request to stop the auction of the public…
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Huge, solar-powered campus for the homeless? Advocacy group’s plans for Lakewood site get initial OK
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An advocacy group has been given the initial OK from the federal government for its plan to construct housing and provide services for those experiencing homelessness in Lakewood. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) approved an initial application from the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless late last month, the Lakewood Sentinel reports. CCH…
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Colorado domestic violence programs get $3 million boost
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Forty-five organizations that serve 23,000 Coloradans has $3 million more to fight domestic violence, the Colorado Department of Human Services said. DHS’s Domestic Violence Program announced the contract awards Thursday morning “Domestic violence is a tragedy that touches far too many Coloradans,” the program’s director, Brooke Ely-Milen, said in a statement. “DVP funding helps support…
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Noonan: Bipartisan bill takes on age of consent for mental health care for children
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Parents generally make medical decisions for their children. A bipartisan House bill addresses at what age children can make mental health care decisions for themselves, lowering the age of consent for a child to receive outpatient therapy from 15 years to 10 years. Bill sponsors cite a 50 percent rise in the occurrence of suicide…
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DeGette praises new regulation protecting abortion doctor funds
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Colorado 1st Congressional District U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, stepped back into the abortion debate last week with her praise for a new Obama administration regulation that forbids states from withholding federal family planning services from low-income persons. DeGette said the regulation ensures “vital” health care for low-income women. DeGette is co-chair of the Congressional…
