The bottom line is that no amount of health policy, community health initiatives, or funding for health and health care can fix every inequity inherent in the system.
Health Equity
Health disparities are differences in health outcomes between groups of people. Read more about how we're working to eliminate these in Colorado.
No Benefits for the Brave
The images we’ve seen of the firefighters working around the clock in intense heat and in dangerous conditions fill our hearts with pride and gratitude to be a part of a community willing to sacrifice their lives and their health for us.
Equal Opportunities for Health
When I was a child, three of my most treasured mentors were African American women. Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Lewis were my fifth- and sixth-grade teachers at Steadman Elementary school in Denver’s Park Hill Neighborhood.
Hunger Isn’t a Game
Hundreds of thousands of Americans went to see The Hunger Games this past weekend; for millions of Americans though, hunger isn’t a movie—it’s a daily reality.
Fifteen Years and Still Going Strong
The past two weeks I have been immersed in reading about the history of CCMU. Our organization started 15 years ago this month as a vision among a broad group of people who believed (according to our first conference program) we needed to start a conversation about “dealing with the problems and solutions to providing care to Colorado’s medically indigent population.”