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• 03/12/13

  Univision’s Health News and Information Program “Tu Salud” Begins Second Season on March 16

  
  

  PRWeb
  Univision Colorado program provides Spanish-speaking families with the tools and information they need to navigate the health care system.

• 03/12/13

  Univision’s Health News and Information Program “Tu Salud” Begins Second Season on March 16

  
  

  ABC 7 Chicago
  Univision Colorado program provides Spanish-speaking families with the tools and information they need to navigate the health care system.

• 03/09/13

  Dr. Chris Urbina and Kate Paul: Making Progress

  
  

  Steamboat Today
  More than 2 million Coloradans lacked dental insurance in 2011, a 17 percent increase from three years ago, according to a recent Colorado Trust report. This is significant because those with dental insurance are twice as likely to regularly see a dentist.

• 03/07/13

  Progress in Fight Against Dental Disease

  
  

  By Dr. Chris Urbina and Kate Paul
  Longmont Times-Call
  More than 2 million Coloradans lacked dental insurance in 2011, a 17 percent increase from three years ago, according to a recent Colorado Trust report. This is significant because those with dental insurance are twice as likely to regularly see a dentist.

• 03/07/13

  Fund Helps Make Progress in Fight Against Dental Disease

  
  

  By Dr. Chris Urbina and Kate Paul
  Fort Collins Coloradoan
  More than 2 million Coloradans lacked dental insurance in 2011, a 17 percent increase from three years ago, according to a recent Colorado Trust report. This is significant because those with dental insurance are twice as likely to regularly see a dentist.

• 03/06/13

  More Low-income Coloradans Receiving Dental Work

  
  

  The Coloradoan
  In the past year, more than 500 Fort Collins residents, all living near or below the poverty line, took advantage of a new program from Delta Dental offering two years of free dental insurance. Statewide, more than 6,000 people enrolled and Delta Dental paid more than $2 million in claims. But challenges remain. Those with dental insurance are twice as likely to regularly see a dentist, however, about 2.1 million Coloradans had no dental insurance in 2011, a 17 percent increase from three years ago, according to The Colorado Trust.

• 03/05/13

  St. Thomas More Hospital Revamps Passport System

  
  

  Canon City Daily Record
  by Carie Canterbury
  Newborns don't come with an instruction book, but if they are born at St. Thomas More Hospital, they will go home with a new and improved Child Health Passport System. The Colorado Trust funded the development of the new system through a grant to the ECHO Council.

• 03/05/13

  Progress Seen in Fight Against Dental Disease

  
  

  By Dr. Chris Urbina and Kate Paul
  The Daily Sentinel
  More than 2 million Coloradans lacked dental insurance in 2011, a 17 percent increase from three years ago, according to a recent Colorado Trust report. This is significant because those with dental insurance are twice as likely to regularly see a dentist.

• 02/24/13

  State Dealing with Medicaid Dental Woes

  
  

  Steamboat Today
  by Jeffrey A. Roberts
  Colorado is one of only a few states that does not cover dental services for adults on Medicaid, except for emergency services. Forty percent of Coloradans, 2.1 million residents, lacked any dental insurance in 2011, according to a new study by The Colorado Trust. Those without dental insurance, the study found, were twice as likely to forgo needed dental care due to cost concerns than those with coverage.

• 02/20/13

  Colorado Trust Announces Just Under $1 million for Better Childhood Health Resources

  
  

  Sage Nonprofit Solutions
  The Colorado Trust, an organization dedicated to helping people access healthcare by 2018, recently announced a grant for eight Colorado Early Childhood Councils totaling $983,639. With this grant, groups around the state will be better prepared to help children in their communities access healthcare services, including medical treatment and preventative oral care.