amendment 69
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Backers of Initiated Ordinance 300 (I-300), a City and County of Denver measure on the Nov. 8 general election ballot that would allow marijuana consumption in some private establishments, unveiled a billboard Monday to promote voter approval of the measure. The billboard, located at 489 Lincoln St., reads “Now that adult use is legal… Permit it in some…
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Updated: Sanders to promote ColoradoCare in Boulder
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Updated 10/14/16 10:34 p.m. to reflect counterpoint comments from Advancing Colorado U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will host a rally in support of ColoradoCare, Amendment 69, on Monday, Oct. 17 in Boulder. Amendment 69 is one of the most hotly contested ballot initiatives appearing on the Nov. 8 ballot. Sanders ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for…
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Patch Adams promotes ColoradoCare amendment
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Internationally prominent physician, activist – and clown – Dr. Patch Adams said he wants to see huge corporate health insurance companies go out of business, and believes the ColoradoCare statewide health care program before Colorado voters next month is a step in that direction. Adams spoke Wednesday, Oct. 12, at a Denver news conference to highlight…
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Shannon: Stand up to fears, half-truths on ColoradoCare
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Can the business community count on Congress to fix our ridiculously complex and expensive health insurance system if we give it more time? Is there a viable alternative coming from the American Medical Association or the Chamber of Commerce? No. Major social change always starts at the grassroots level. That is why the states must…
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Anthem squelches ColoradoCare donor debate
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A proposal for the biggest donors to the two sides in the campaign for and against Amendment 69 to face each other in a debate may have been turned down by officials with Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. If approved by Colorado voters in the Nov. 8 general election, the amendment would create a $25…
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CO Medical Society members vs ColoradoCare, favor other reform
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By nearly five to one, physician members of the Colorado Medical Society said they would vote against Amendment 69, the ColoradoCare single payer health care program, if the Nov. 8 general election were held today. The findings from an opinion poll of 795 interviews of member physicians, representative of a cross section of specialties and…
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Helton: Vote ‘yes’ on Amendment 69 to control health care spending
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ColoradoCare, Amendment 69 on the ballot this November, represents a positive change to health care financing in Colorado. However, the media have published assertions made by the Colorado Health Institute that are misleading. As a citizen of the state, a retired health executive and a health economist, I am concerned that the media is echoing…
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Reid takes on Stapleton in lively ColoradoCare debate
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Amendment 69 will be an economic disaster, force doctors to flee Colorado in droves, allow taxes to be raised without voter approval and represents a “utopian fantasy world,” according to Colorado State Treasurer Wayne Stapleton. On the other hand, according to ColoradoCare supporters, the statewide health care program, or Amendment 69, would offer more medical coverage to more…
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Farah: More taxes and regulations will be on your ballot
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Proposals to pile on regulations and to soak Coloradans of billions of dollars in new taxes will crowd the ballot you receive next month. Can you afford to shell out more of your hard-fought income to various governmental entities? Many Coloradans are struggling – and government already has so much. Should you give them more?…
