Amendment 69 proposes universal health care and will appear on the 2016 ballot.
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Colorado HealthOp Shuts Down
After a change in federal loan money, health cooperatives nationwide are shutting down, including the Colorado HealthOp.
Co-ops Turn Health Insurance Upside Down
Buried among the Affordable Care Act’s thousand pages is a small section about a different health care option—a cooperative (a consumer-oriented and operated plan). “The whole point of a cooperative is to get the best product to the consumer and make our consumers healthy rather than make money,” Charles Holum said. Holum, a Park Hill […]
Children’s Colorado a Top Hospital to Treat Twin Fetal Disease
A surgeon and doctor at Children’s is pioneering treatment for a not-so-rare fetal disease, twin-twin transfusion syndrome.
Health-Focused Events
be well encourages communities to get together and be active. There are a variety of events throughout the coming months.
Psychologist Favors Teaching Empathy to Boys
Stapleton resident and psychologist Max Wachtel was determined to understand young male killers like Aurora Theater shooter, James Holmes. He found most of these young men lack empathy.
Transgender Experiences
Being transgender means something different to each person and there are immense differences from one person’s story to another. Here a variety of people across the spectrum. Alexis Gray and Hana Low Twenty-eight-year-old Alexis Gray (right) and her “wonderful and amazing” partner, Hana Low, are both transgender. Gray was born a male and during her […]
Understanding Gender
Click here or on the diagram below for a bigger version. What does gender mean to you? Many people probably do not have have a good answer or may not know what gender really means. It is a slippery concept because it is not black or white and means something different to every person. The […]
Free Courses Connect the Public with Medicine
The University of Colorado Denver offers Mini Med School, a free eight-week course for anyone wanting to learn more about medicine.
Gender: It’s Complicated
A person is either a man or a woman, right? Turns out, gender identity is not black or white—and is much more complicated than historically understood. A closer look reveals that an evolving world of gender is emerging.
