colorado medical society
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Polis digs in as criticism grows over handling of latest COVID surge
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In early April, Gov. Jared Polis’s public optimism neared its apex. After a winter spent fighting an unprecedented COVID-19 surge, cases were falling, mortality had plummeted, vaccines were flowing and a Colorado summer beckoned. Four months before, the governor had giddily greeted a FedEx truck delivering the first batch of doses to Colorado. He was…
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Q&A with Penfield Tate | A tale of two Tates and their impact on our state
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Long before Penfield W. Tate III made a name for himself in Colorado politics, Penfield Tate II was a force to be reckoned with. The elder Tate was Boulder’s first and, to date, only African-American mayor, serving in that post 1974-76 after a stint on the council. Decades ahead of his time, the standout college…
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Bill aimed at drug abuse has tough time against Colorado doctors’ orders
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Legislators talk a lot about fighting the drug abuse epidemic, but the fate of a bill aimed at helping by connecting doctors writing prescriptions directly to pharmacies is going to down to the wire House Bill 1279 is supported by the Colorado Retail Council, which includes pharmacies who say it’s a common-sense measure to reduce the…
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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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Colorado Medical Society opposes ColoradoCare
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The Colorado Medical Society has taken a position to oppose Amendment 69, the ColoradoCare statewide health care program, and to remain neutral regarding Proposition 106, the end-of-life measure, on the Nov. 8 general election ballot. The society’s board of directors took the positions Friday, during the society’s annual meeting in Keystone. In a written statement,…
