Charity Care in Colorado

A report from the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI) displays the disparity between hospitals that promise charity care on their websites and hospitals that actually offer compressive discounted care. They found that, while 100% of the 89 Colorado hospitals they surveyed mentioned “hospital discounted care” on their websites, only 58% met all of the requirements for charity care information on their websites, like applications for care or clearly available information. Only 18% of English speakers could get information on charity care over the phone, while only 4.5% of Spanish speakers could access information over the phone. Read more here.