Tag Archives: health care

Life-saving measures? Officials hope staff cuts, expanded facility will boost the hospital

Southwest Memorial Hospital in Cortez is preparing to open its new lobby early this month, the culmination of a $32 million expansion project. Ironically, the opening comes just a few weeks after the hospital laid off more than 40 employees … Continue reading

Published in September 2018 Tagged ,

Universal health care: Has the time come?

Coloradoans consider Amendment 69 Four years after Colorado citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana use, a committee to provide single-payer health care has put the state back at the forefront of a national debate, this time on health-care reform. Under … Continue reading

Published in September 2016 Tagged ,