You don’t have to be an expert in the healthcare industry to know that people of higher socio-economic status tend to have better health and better health outcomes than people of higher economic status. Sure, there are plenty of exceptions. No amount of money can fix certain injuries and illnesses.

Now, compared to the rest of the country, Colorado consistently ranks at or near the top for healthy residents and health outcomes. Nevertheless, in a lot of ways, our health disparities reflect those of the rest of the nation in terms of poverty, race, and geography. The idea that is