John Ingold
John Ingold is a co-founder of The Colorado Sun and a reporter currently specializing in health care coverage.
Born and raised in Colorado Springs, John spent 18 years working at The Denver Post. Prior to that, he held internships at the Rocky Ford Daily Gazette, the Colorado Springs Gazette and the Rocky Mountain News, as well as National Geographic and Outside magazines. He also interned one summer in the public relations office at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, where he got to sit on an elephant's knee and get his photo taken.
John has covered criminal justice, state and federal courts, gun violence, marijuana legalization and health care. He was part of The Denver Post's 2013 Pulitzer Prize-winning breaking news team for its coverage of a shooting at an Aurora movie theater, and, in 2015, he was a Pulitzer finalist for a series he wrote on parents whose children suffer from a rare form of epilepsy and the help they hoped to find through Colorado's medical marijuana system.
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The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending. -
Anthem and Rocky Mountain Health Plans have withdrawn their notice to discontinue several insurance plans mostly along the Front Range. The move comes after the state legislature made new funding available during the recent special session. KUNC's Desmond O'Boyle discusses the subject with the Colorado Sun's Lance Benzel. -
The study by researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health looked more closely at how children said they could obtain a loaded firearm without their parents’ permission. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter John Ingold and then read the Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
The Colorado Division of Insurance says 110,000 people could drop off coverage as subsidies decrease and programs meant to hold down prices falter. Listen to "Morning Edition" fill-in host Desmond O'Boyle discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter John Ingold and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
The hospital has started using an artificial intelligence program from a company called Nabla to help doctors take notes on patient visits. -
The University of Colorado system is the state’s major recipient of grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun editor Lance Benzel and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below. -
The Summer Olympics begin in Paris tomorrow, and Colorado will be well-represented, with 26 athletes from the Centennial State competing in 14 sports at the games. Colorado Sun editor David Krause talks about which athletes Coloradoans and the rest of the world should keep an eye on as they seek to bring home the gold. -
In the last five years, patients have been sued 15,710 times for money owed to UCHealth. Most of those lawsuits were filed in the name of debt collectors working for the hospital system.
