Colorado
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2024 Survey InfographicConsumer Healthcare Experience State Survey
A survey of more than 1,400 Colorado adults, conducted from March 26 to April 12, 2024, found that:
- Nearly 3 in 4 (70%) experienced at least one health care affordability burden in the past year;
- Over 4 in 5 (83%) worry about affording health care in the future;
- Over 2 in 3 (68%) of all respondents delayed or went without health care due to cost in the last twelve months;
- Low-income respondents and those with disabilities had higher rates of going without care due to cost and incurring medical debt, depleting savings, and/or sacrificing basic needs due to medical bills; and
- Across party lines, respondents express strong support for government-led solutions.
Altarum’s Consumer Healthcare Experience State Survey (CHESS) is designed to elicit respondents’ unbiased views on a wide range of health system issues, including confidence using the health system, financial burden and views on fixes that might be needed.
Below are Data Reports exploring statewide and regional survey results.
2024 Data Briefs
2019 Data Briefs
Recent Surveys
Colorado Residents Concerned About Healthcare Quality; Unsure How to Find Answers
A new survey of more than 970 Colorado adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January 2, 2019, found that: What Does Healthcare Quality Mean National survey data and qualitative research have signaled that patients often have a different view of what healthcare quality…
Read MoreColorado Residents Struggle to Afford High Healthcare Costs; Support a Range of Government Solutions Across Party Lines
Nationally, consumer worry about healthcare affordability is well documented but now—for the first time—a new survey reveals how affordability concerns and ideas for action play out in Colorado. A survey of more than 970 Colorado adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January…
Read MoreColorado Residents Worried about High Drug Costs–Support a Range of Government Solutions
According to a survey of more than 970 Colorado adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January 2, 2019, Coloradans are extremely concerned about prescription drug costs and express a strong desire to enact solutions. More than half (53%) of all survey respondents…
Read MoreColorado Residents Worried about High Hospital Costs
While hospitals are important providers of healthcare and vital members of our communities, a poll of Colorado adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January 2, 2019 has found that there is great concern about hospital costs as well as a desire to enact solutions among…
Read MoreDenver, Colorado Metro Region: 56% of Adults Report Healthcare Affordability Burdens in the Past Year
According to a survey of Colorado adults conducted from December 20, 2018 to January 2, 2019, residents of the Denver Metro Region experienced healthcare affordability burdens at rates slightly lower than the rest of the state. All told, more than half (56%) of Denver…
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Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner cites CHESS survey in letter to State House Committee on Health and Human Services about HB072 related to reimbursement rates and repealing affordability standards. Read more
Washington State Senator Patty Murray’s office cites the WA CHESS survey in press release about Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing where Senator Murray questioned CEOs of major pharmaceutical companies about the high prices charged to Americans for their prescription drugs. Read more
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