healthcare

Little progress made in King Soopers strike negotiations, officials say

Jan 17, 2022

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Dennis Huspeni

Both the Kroger Co. and United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 continued to badmouth the other side Monday as the King Soopers strike stretched into a sixth day, but at least they were still talking at the negotiating table. About 8,400 union workers walked out of 77 metro Denver area King Soopers and City…
After years of decline, uninsured rate for children stagnates in Colorado

Nov 29, 2018

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Colorado Politics wire services

by Jessica Seaman, The Denver Post via Tribune News Service The number of children in Colorado with health insurance has increased for almost a decade, but now the decline in the state’s youth uninsured rate is stagnating – and advocates fear more children could lose coverage due to a rule change proposed by the Trump…
Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite governor support

Nov 23, 2018

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The Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. – Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand Medicaid, only to see their bipartisan effort rewarded with a veto from former conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. The election this month of a governor who supports Medicaid expansion seemed to remove the…
Lynne schedules town halls on healthcare across the state this week

Nov 12, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

If you’ve got healthcare issues, Lt. Gov. Donna Lynne wants to hear about them. The state’s chief operating officer and a candidate succeed John Hickenlooper as governor is planning a series of “health care town halls” Thursday through Saturday with stops in nine locations across the state. The first is Thursday evening in Denver, and…
DeGette promotes discount drug program while Congress seeks health care reform

Oct 12, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette argued in favor of a discount drug pricing plan Wednesday while the president tries to overturn much of the previous administration’s health care program. President Trump said he would sign executive orders as soon as this week to eliminate some Affordable Care Act insurance rules. The 340B drug…
Bennet among critics of Obamacare replacement bill at Monday Senate hearing

Sep 26, 2017

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Tom Ramstack

Colorado Senator Michael Bennet harshly criticized a Republican proposal for revamping the nation’s health insurance during an emotional congressional hearing Monday in Washington, D.C. He said the plan would leave millions of Americans without health insurance. “What they’re doing is stripping hard-earned protections from the American people,” Bennet, a Democrat, said during a hearing of…
Hickenlooper’s health plan lauded in hard-hit Colorado mountain counties

Sep 6, 2017

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David O. Williams Special to Colorado Politics

Eagle County Commissioner Jill Ryan spent more than a decade working for the Colorado Department of Public Health before entering politics, but the job change hasn’t meant much of subject change as she continues to focus intensely on runaway healthcare and insurance costs in the mountain-resort communities she represents. “People on the individual market have…
Hickenlooper set to testify Thursday to the Senate about health insurance

Sep 6, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is scheduled to testify Thursday before a U.S. Senate committee on his plan for stabilizing health insurance premiums, the same plan he presented at the Colorado Capitol last week. “The governor will be sharing Colorado’s experience with the individual insurance marketplace,” Jacque Montgomery, the governor’s press secretary, told Colorado Politics. About…
Staff picks: The top 5 stories of the week in Colorado Politics

Sep 3, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

The news of the week in Colorado Politics ran to and from Washington, with the visit of congressional Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, while Gov. John Hickenlooper made a pitch to Washington on healthcare. These are the stories out staff thinks you should keep in mind in the days and weeks ahead: 5. Dierdorff, we hardly…
Experts: Hick-Kasich healthcare reform plan incremental, but positive first steps

Sep 1, 2017

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JOEY BUNCH

After months of legislative wrangling by Congressional Republicans to replace President Barack Obama’s health law, a bipartisan group of governors are trying something different: Tinker with what’s already in place. A plan released Thursday by Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper and Ohio’s Republican Gov. John Kasich largely works within the framework of the nation’s existing health…