by Hannah Speights, Colorado HealthOP 2014 Summer Outreach Intern After a recent community meeting in Summit County, Colorado HealthOP’s Kristin Van Horn received a voicemail message on her phone. It was from one of our members. The member thanked us for coming all the way to the Summit County area to listen to their voices…
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You don’t have to be a part of a CO-OP to be CO-OPy—but you do have to be willing to have fun, be flexible, think outside the box and, on occasion, say so-long to your comfort zone. While these values make for a progressive and unique work environment, I highly recommend they be adopted as…
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Summer Social Media Intern, Haley, sat down with her manager, Rachel, to learn a bit more about social media and the CO-OP. Haley Vechell (HV): What is your role at Colorado HealthOP? And when did you join the team? Rachel Moore (RM): I am the Senior Digital Media Specialist, which basically means I handle digital…
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by Jennifer Henry, Director of Sales Operations at Colorado HealthOP Where does time go? When do we cross that line from being “young and invincible” to understanding our limitations? Not to say we should limit ourselves; it is more about learning to accept ourselves as we are today. I bring up these questions because too…
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Chief Medical Officer at Colorado HealthOP is only one of many, exuberantly, wide-brimmed hats worn by author/professor/director/carpenter Dr. Jack Westfall. See what our summer Clinical Care Intern, Sarah, learned about Dr. Jack. Sarah Hansen (SH): If you had to describe what you do here to someone who didn’t know in one sentence, what would that…
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The year is 2089. An elderly woman and her granddaughter are going through a long-forgotten trunk that belonged to the woman’s own grandfather in the early part of the century. The child is pulling out items one at a time. “What’s this,” she asks her grandmother. And just about the time grandmother begins to answer,…
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Some of you have been without health insurance for a while. You may have never had health insurance. But hopefully, some of you were able to enroll for health insurance through your state or the federal exchange, and now – for the first time in what may be a very long time – you’re newly…
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The question plaguing millions of minds this time of year: Is it a cold or is it the flu? Which one do I have? The Cold The common cold is characterized by runny nose, sore throat, and cough, and may last 5 to 10 days. Colds, including chest colds and head colds, are caused by one…
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Colorado’s New Health Insurance CO-OP Employs Social Media to Help Consumers Understand Changes in Healthcare and Make the Most of their Insurance Experience Denver, Colo. (June 26, 2013)—To break through the confusion about the changes in healthcare and help Coloradans make smarter decisions about how they choose and use health insurance, Colorado HealthOP, Colorado’s first…
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Newly Appointed Board Members add to Colorado HealthOP’s Already Robust Roster of Healthcare Experts Denver, Colo. (Nov. 18, 2013)— Colorado HealthOP, Colorado’s first statewide non-profit health insurance cooperative, today announced the appointment of three new board members. These prominent leaders bring more than a century of healthcare, law and accounting experience to the CO-OP’s board…
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