affordable care act

Hickenlooper talks jobs, immigration, Las Vegas at Commerce City town hall

Oct 5, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Gov. John Hickenlooper and much of his Cabinet talked about jobs, health care, immigration and Las Vegas at a town hall meeting Wednesday night at the Commerce City Civic Center. “As a state we’re doing great, all the gross indicators say so,” Hickenlooper told the crowd of about 250. Hickenlooper added that not everyone is…
Hickenlooper ‘relieved’ Senate won’t vote on Graham-Cassidy Obamacare repeal bill

Sep 26, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Gov. John Hickenlooper said Tuesday he’s “relieved” the Senate has abandoned plans to vote on the latest Republican-sponsored effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act and urged lawmakers to get back to work on a bipartisan fix for the Obama health care law. After three GOP senators said they wouldn’t support the most recent plan to…
Bennet among critics of Obamacare replacement bill at Monday Senate hearing

Sep 26, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet harshly criticized a Republican proposal for revamping the nation’s health insurance during an emotional congressional hearing Monday in Washington, D.C. He said the plan would leave millions of Americans without health insurance. “What they’re doing is stripping hard-earned protections from the American people,” Bennet, a Democrat, said during a hearing of…
GOP attacks on Affordable Care Act jeopardize Colorado health, lives

Sep 25, 2017

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Crisanta Duran

The newest iteration of congressional legislation to gut the Affordable Care Act – the Graham-Cassidy bill – would be devastating for Colorado. Politicians in Washington, D.C., keep trying to unilaterally impose upon America their vision of far more costly health care that covers far fewer people. This is more of the same. Like previous efforts…
Denver GOP delivers ultimatum to Congress: Repeal ‘abominable’ Obamacare or elect new leaders

Sep 22, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Denver Republican Party is calling on the congressional GOP to get rid of Obamacare by the end of next month or find new leaders who can finish the job. A resolution adopted by the county party’s executive committee last week charges that federal lawmakers have failed to uphold the GOP platform and failed to keep…
Millennial Policy Center looking for $4,000 to research and advocate for tax reform

Sep 21, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

One of the most active and effective organizations for young voters is launching a campaign Thursday to crowd-fund $4,000 for research and advocacy around tax reform. The Denver-based Millennial Policy Center think tank hopes to do the same kind of work it did, from a conservative point of view, on the healthcare debate last spring, publishing…
Michael Bennet derides latest effort to repeal Obamacare as ‘Groundhog Day or definition of insanity’

Sep 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet roasted a last-ditch attempt by Senate Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare Tuesday as worse than the GOP’s previous effort and contended that the legislation could derail bipartisan work to repair the nation’s health care system. “I can’t decide whether this is Groundhog Day or the definition of insanity: every attempt…
Percentage of Coloradans with health insurance unchanged over two years, survey shows

Sep 19, 2017

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Ernest Luning

More Coloradans than ever have health insurance, according to a massive biennial survey released Tuesday, although the state continues to see lower rates of coverage outside the Denver metro area. The Colorado Health Access Survey found the number of state residents without health insurance dipped slightly to 6.5 percent from 6.7 percent in 2015 –…
Jefferson County GOP calls for Congress to repeal Obamacare immediately or replace leadership

Sep 12, 2017

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Ernest Luning

The Jefferson County Republican Party is demanding Congress immediately repeal the Affordable Care Act or, if it can’t, to elect new congressional leadership. A strongly worded resolution adopted unanimously by the county party’s executive committee Monday night maintains that the failure of congressional Republicans to overturn the sweeping health care legislation known as Obamacare “has…
Experts: Hick-Kasich healthcare reform plan incremental, but positive first steps

Sep 1, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

After months of legislative wrangling by Congressional Republicans to replace President Barack Obama’s health law, a bipartisan group of governors are trying something different: Tinker with what’s already in place. A plan released Thursday by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich largely works within the framework of the nation’s existing health…