Colorado Public News

$3.4 billion. That’s the total value of some 50 hospital construction projects occurring all over the state, a Colorado Public News examination has found.

Across Colorado, hospitals are demanding all employees get flu shots or be fired.

Nineteen-year-old Vesha Gilbert’s toothache had become so unbearable, she ended up where no one wants to be: Sitting in a dentist’s chair, cringing at the thought of having her decayed back molar pulled.

The number of Colorado hospitals receiving an “A” grade for patient safety nearly doubled in the past six months, from seven to 13.

Colorado’s health exchange – due to come online in October 2013 – is expecting 960,000 customers within three years of startup.