health care reform
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FEEDBACK: Tax reform, health care reform and George Brauchler
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Tax-reform legislation threatens nonprofits On behalf of the Colorado Nonprofit Association, I want to share that the Colorado Nonprofit Association board of directors has officially stated its opposition to the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (H.R. 1) now pending in Congress. Our board’s official statement can be found here: https://www.coloradononprofits.org/news/colorado-nonprofit-association-opposes-house-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act/nov-13-2017 In its current form, the bill…
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SLOAN: Repeal efforts fail, but Colorado’s health-care challenges persist
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The failure of the Graham-Cassidy health care bill may have signaled the termination of the GOP’s anemic efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, at least in one fell partisan swoop (much like the ACA itself was introduced); but it didn’t, of course, terminate the problems generated by the enormous law it sought…
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Gov. John Hickenlooper, DNC Chair Tom Perez plan Tuesday rally to support ‘quality, affordable’ health care
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Republican plans to overturn Obamacare might be on the ropes, but Democrats aren’t letting up. Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez plans to join Gov. John Hickenlooper and House Speaker Crisanta Duran, D-Denver, along with activists, on the steps of the Colorado Capitol for a rally Tuesday morning against attempts to “strip and sabotage health…
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper: Time to roll up sleeves, address health insurance costs, market stability
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In the wake of the Republican-controlled Senate’s inability to pass legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act this week, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Friday renewed a call for officials to sit down and come up with a bipartisan solution. “We are encouraged that the Senate has rejected efforts that would have raised health care…
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Hickenlooper: ‘Kind of crazy’ to expect health care solutions from small, partisan group
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Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, and Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, on Monday called on Senate Republicans to invite Democrats to the table and bring negotiations over health care legislation into the open. “I’ve never had a good idea in my life that, the moment I started talking about it with staff or…
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Owen Hill formally launches primary challenge against congressional incumbent Doug Lamborn
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State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, formally launched his primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn with a Monday morning email saying he plans to bring a bold approach to Congress instead of merely voting the right way. “Over the past several years, so many in our district have approached me with a…
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Republican Owen Hill set to announce he’s running for congressional seat held by Doug Lamborn
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State Sen. Owen Hill, a Colorado Springs Republican, plans to announce on Monday that he’s running for the 5th Congressional District seat held by six-term U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, The Colorado Statesman has learned. Although he’s long been rumored to be considering a run for state treasurer in next year’s election, Hill confirmed Saturday that he intends…
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O’Hara: Reform flawed “step therapy” to put patients first
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A significant burden to patients – and to health care providers – is the common insurance company practice of overriding a physician’s drug recommendation and requiring a patient to use, and fail on, a lower-cost drug before it will authorize use of the more expensive, physician-preferred, drug. Known as “step therapy” – or more commonly among…
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Hickenlooper ‘encouraged’ by Trump’s congressional address, wants more specifics
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Gov. John Hickenlooper said Wednesday that he was encouraged by what he heard President Donald Trump say in his speech to a joint session of Congress the night before. “This was a very different tone than the Donald Trump we saw on the campaign trail,” Hickenlooper told The Colorado Statesman in a statement. “It was…
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Coffman aide: Aurora Republican plans to hold public town hall in April
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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman plans to hold a traditional town hall in April, when the Aurora Republican will be at home in his district during a scheduled congressional recess, his aides said Friday. Coffman spokesman Daniel Bucheli told The Colorado Statesman that Coffman is looking for the right venue and nailing down the date for a town…
