Welcome to my Observations on Health Insurance Blog

With this blog I want to share with you my thoughts and perceptions of the ever changing world of Individual Health Insurance in the state of Colorado. I hope to be able to bring you new information, as well as possible different perspectives on an industry I am involved with every day.

Charley Mallon
Boulder, Colorado
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Seeing the Gorillas in Rwanda or Monnie’s Big Adventure

Monnie Biety and Agashya

My friend Monnie Biety shared the following wonderful story with me:

In May of this year, I spent 2 weeks working in Rwanda. Most of us are familiar with this small African country for 2 reasons, the genocide in 1994 and the mountain gorillas introduced to the world by Dian [...]

Understanding Hypothyroidism

Guest Blogger Ian Hollaman, DC

Did you know that 90% of all hypothyroid cases are autoimmune? Autoimmune thyroid, commonly know as Hashimoto’s disease is the most common autoimmune disease in the United States (estimated at 35 million). The body interprets itself as a threat and makes antibodies against the thyroid tissue, which over time leads [...]

Long-term ticket to a Healthy Skeleton

Guest Blogger Annette Bray- Yoga Instructor CSCS, HFI

Joint pain is one of the most common ailments that individuals experience as they age. Lack of activity or too much activity without countering the effects of these can lead to dysfunction that determines the stability and mobility of the joint. If a joint moves poorly due [...]

Breast Cancer Free-Ten Years and Counting! Part II

Guest Blogger Sue Klahr

Part 2: Lessons Learned

If cancer could happen to me, the picture of good health, it can happen to anyone, at any time. I learned, and continue to learn, many life lessons

Sue Klahr Race for the Cure

through this experience. As an extension of last week’s blog entry, I [...]

Breast Cancer Free- Ten Years and Counting! Part I

Guest Blogger Sue Klahr

Part I – My Experience

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The Susan G. Komen Denver Race for the Cure occurs the first Sunday in October each year. This year is especially significant for me, as it represents a major milestone for me – 10 years since my diagnosis in [...]