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THE HOT SHEET – ‘Lying Trump’ DP editorial explodes, 210+ bills and counting, Walker Stapleton does happy dance, 20% border tax and Colorado and… MORE!

Jan 27, 2017

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Colorado Politics

VOL. 02 NO. 014 | JANUARY 27, 2017 | COLORADOSTATESMAN.COM/THE-HOT-SHEET | © 2017 DENVER – Lots of editorial activity out there on the Colorado politics interwebs lately. The Denver Post goes after Donald Trump (“… time for him to start acting presidential” – ouch!), and ICYMI, the Post also saying State Treasurer Walker Stapleton was right about PERA. And…
High country lawmakers taking on the high cost of insurance

Jan 27, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

As a body, the 100-member General Assembly has paying for highways on its mind, but a subset of high country legislators has the high cost of health insurance atop its priority list. Kevin Fixler reported in the Summit Daily this week that several pieces of legislation are in the works to address “cost, choice, quality…
Low-key Smallwood presents flash-point Obamacare state exchange repeal bill

Jan 26, 2017

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John Tomasic

State Sen. Jim Smallwood, R-Parker, said on Thursday that he was inspired to run a bill to shutter the state’s Obamacare health insurance market, Connect for Health Colorado, because he feared the market would soon collapse in rural counties and because he believed the state could save at least $5 million annually by giving up…
Colorado lawmakers dispute repeal of Affordable Care Act

Jan 26, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

The political dispute over repealing Obamacare is shaping up to be as fierce in Colorado as anywhere else. Republicans in the Colorado delegation to Congress have signaled their support of President Donald Trump’s pledge to repeal the health care system as soon as possible. But different opinions are coming from Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and…
DeGette: 21st Century Cures Act victory threatened by ACA repeal

Dec 13, 2016

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Jared Wright

President Obama has just signed the 21st Century Cures Act into law. This landmark legislation makes significant investments in biomedical research. It will lead to new treatments for some of the most vexing medical challenges, including diseases that touch many Americans, such as Alzheimer’s and cancer. But without health insurance coverage, millions of people might…
YESTERYEAR: Owens talks economy on West Slope, Romer and JBC butt heads, ADL condemns David Duke

Dec 1, 2016

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Rachael Wright

… Fifteen Years Ago this week in The Colorado Statesman … Politicos and policy wonks from Denver braved the treacherous mountain passes on I-70 to visit the Western Slope for an economic roundtable, featuring Colorado’s chief executive, Gov. Bill Owens. The Republican governor stated that allowing businesses and consumers to buy “Chevrolet instead of Cadillac” health insurance plans would…
ColoradoCare runs into objections as Congress seeks Obamacare reform

Nov 11, 2016

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Tom Ramstack

The Obama administration recently gave an unintentional boost to opponents of government-subsidized health care, such as Colorado’s proposed amendment for universal health insurance that failed voters’ approval this week. Affordable Care Act insurance premiums will rise an average of 22 percent in 2017, according to a White House announcement. The act, also known as Obamacare, was…
? Cruz rallies support for Glenn, praises GOP Senate nominee’s ‘backbone’

Oct 27, 2016

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Ernest Luning

The Texas senator and former presidential candidate whose endorsement helped propel Republican Darryl Glenn across the finish line in the crowded U.S. Senate primary returned to Colorado Wednesday to support Glenn’s uphill battle to unseat Democrat Michael Bennet. “It is entirely possible, 13 days from today, that control of the Senate will come down to…
Letter: Amendment 69 is an opportunity for change

Oct 27, 2016

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Colorado Politics

Editor: I support ColoradoCare, or Amendment 69, because it will provide access to affordable, quality health care for all Coloradans. This matters to the families of Coloradans who die each year because they don’t have health insurance; to those declaring bankruptcy because they can’t pay medical bills; to those who pay ever higher premiums for…
Reid takes on Stapleton in lively ColoradoCare debate

Sep 21, 2016

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Mike McKibbin

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…