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November 14, 2013
Survey shows disparities in medical care by race Black Coloradans report more health difficulties By Kristin Jones
I-News at Rocky Mountain PBS Black Coloradans see the doctor less frequently, get less preventive care and report being in worse health than other residents of the state, according to a recent health survey. The biennial Colorado Health Access Survey, which polled 10,224 households between April 15 and July 27, provides one of the most comprehensive snapshots of how Colorado residents experience the health-care system. The latest survey, released Nov. 5, gives an important look at the current status of health care in the state ahead of a broad set of changes promised by the Affordable Care Act and the expansion of Medicaid. Around 14 percent of the Coloradans surveyed said they were uninsured, down from around 16 percent in 2011. But these numbers — and nearly all the information collected in the phone survey — varied widely across regions, income levels, age groups and ethnic groups, highlighting disparities in the way Coloradans receive medical care. Only 5.3 percent of the people living in Douglas County didn’t have any insurance, for example, while in northwest Colorado, a region that includes Routt, Moffat, Rio Blanco and Jackson counties, around 25 percent were uninsured. Hispanics were the most likely to be uninsured. Around 22 percent of Latinos polled in the latest survey said they didn’t have any insurance. Still, more Hispanics had insurance than just two years ago, when 26 percent said they were uninsured.
Castle Rock
Highlands Ranch
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Highlands Ranch
1200 South Street Castle Rock, CO 80104 303.688.3047 www.fumccr.org
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Franktown
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Sunday Worship 8:00 & 10:45 a.m. Trinity Lutheran School & ELC (Ages 3-5, Grades K-8)
303-841-4660 www.tlcas.org
Parker
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Joy LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA
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Sunday Worship
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Grace is on the NE Corner of Santa Fe Dr. & Highlands Ranch Pkwy. (Across from Murdochs)
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Littleton
8391 S. Burnley Ct., Highlands Ranch
Worship Services Sundays at 9:00am
303-791-3315
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8:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.
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Lone Tree
Lone Tree
Church of Christ
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Weaving Truth and Relevance into Relationships and Life
worship Time 10:30AM sundays 9:00am Spiritual Formation Classes for all Ages 90 east orchard road littleton, co
303 798 6387 www.gracepointcc.us
Currently meeting at: 9220 Kimmer Drive, Suite 200 Lone Tree 80124 303-688-9506 www.LoneTreeCoC.com
Parker
Community Church of Religious Science at the Parker Mainstreet Center
Hilltop United Church Of Christ 10926 E. Democrat Rd. Parker, CO 10am Worship Service www.hilltopucc.org 303-841-2808
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Sunday Worship
8:45 am & 10:30 am
Pastor David Fisher
Sunday services held in the historic Ruth Memorial Chapel
Parker
Parker evangelical Presbyterian church
9030 Miller road Parker, Co 80138 303-841-2125 www.pepc.org
Sunday Worship - 10:00am Bible Study immediately following Wednesday Bible Study - 7:30pm
Abiding Word Lutheran Church (Next to RTD lot @470 & University)
SErviCES:
www.gracecolorado.com
Sundays at 10:00 am
303-794-2683 Preschool: 303-794-0510
An Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Littleton
First Presbyterian Church of Littleton
First United Methodist Church
Roughly 12 percent of non-Hispanic whites were uninsured, down from 13 percent in 2011. By contrast, a growing number of African-Americans reported being uninsured than in the past. Roughly 20 percent of those surveyed said they were uninsured, up sharply from 14 percent in 2011. The trend marked continued erosion in the ranks of the insured in Colorado’s small African-American community. In 2009, only 12 percent of African-Americans surveyed said they didn’t have insurance. At the same time, black Coloradans were increasingly less likely to report having seen a general doctor in the previous year or to have received preventive care. And around 19 percent of African-Americans in the state said they used the emergency room as their primary source of care, compared with 5.7 percent of the population as a whole. Grant Jones, executive director of the Denver-based Center for African American Health, said the information was surprising. “At a time when we’re moving toward greater access and coverage and quality of care,” Jones said, “it’s alarming to see fewer people accessing care and seeing a doctor on a regular basis in the African-American community.” But African-Americans weren’t skipping the doctor because they were healthier, the findings suggests. Instead, fewer black people in Colorado reported being in excellent health than other communities, while more reported being in poor health. Black Coloradans were more likely than others to cite cost as a barrier to care, or to say they didn’t seek an appointment be-
...19650 E. Mainstreet, Parker 80138
Fellowship & Worship: 9:00 am Sunday School: 10:45 am 5755 Valley Hi Drive Parker, CO 303-941-0668
www.SpiritofHopeLCMC.org
New Thought...Ancient Wisdom Sunday Service
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