colorado health institute
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Helton: Vote ‘yes’ on Amendment 69 to control health care spending
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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Dueling studies on health care before voters
In its first year of operation, the proposed ColoradoCare statewide health care program would either have a $2 billion surplus or a $253 million deficit. Voters now have separate financial analyses that resulted in those two opposite conclusions to consider when they fill out their Nov. 8 general election ballot and decide whether they favor…
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Progressive groups rupture, oppose ColoradoCare
Calling it a “well-intentioned but flawed proposal,” a leading progressive organization has decided to oppose the ColoradoCare amendment that would create a state-run health care program. The board of directors of ProgressNow Colorado voted to oppose Amendment 69 on the Colorado general election ballot, despite broad agreement with the ColoradoCare campaign’s stated goals. “The first…