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Senator Bennet’s New Legislation Will Help Find and Diagnose Cancers Earlier and Save Lives

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After the 50-year-long fight against cancer, new technologies are beginning to open a new front in detecting cancer earlier, when they can be better treated. Sens. Bennet (D-CO) Crapo (R-ID), Cardin (D-MD), and Scott (R-SC) recently reintroduced S. 1873, the Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act, in the Senate, which would...

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COVID-19 Vaccine Coming to a Vaccine Site Near You

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COVID-19 Vaccine Coming to a Vaccine Site Near You December 2020, when the first COVID-19 vaccine received emergency approval and was slowly rolled out to the public, seems like a lifetime ago. We all felt relief as our older loved ones, and other high-risk members of the population got their first shot. 

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Got COVID on Your Mind? Don’t Forget About Open Enrollment!

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Did you forget that open enrollment is just around the corner? Between the global pandemic and the national election, it may be easy for us to forget about open enrollment season. Open enrollment for Medicare is October 15-December 7, 2020. The open enrollment period for individual, family, and some employer-based insurance options starts is November...

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How to Hold a Fundraiser During a Pandemic

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CCC members pivot in order to hold big annual fundraising events   As with many nonprofit organizations, the Alzheimer’s Association Colorado Chapter had to get creative this year when it came to their annual Walk to End Alzheimer’s fundraising event, due to Covid-19. Coming up this Saturday, September 19, the Denver Walk to End...

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Everyone Counts: Census 2020

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Have you filled out the 2020 Census? As of August 7, 2020, 66.55 percent of Colorado households have done so. While that number is better than the national rate, which is 63 percent, it’s still below the national final mail-in rate of the 2010 Census, which was 74 percent, as well as the 2010 Colorado self-response rate. On the plus side, did you...

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