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Staff picks: The most important stories of the week in Colorado Politics
The dog days of August are over, and now the political doghouse is howling in Colorado. These week we saw our governor on the national stage, his lieutenant governor step into the spotlight on the state’s biggest stage and President Trump asserting himself in a Colorado case involving gay rights. So many stories this week…
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Colorado regulators approve average 27 percent hike in insurance rates
Colorado health insurance regulators on Wednesday made official a 27-percent average rate hike for people buying their own plans next year. Colorado’s Insurance Commissioner Marguerite Salazar cited continued turmoil on Capitol Hill in signing off on the rate increases, which come on the heels of a 20.4-percent rise in premium prices this year. In doing…
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Hickenlooper’s health plan lauded in hard-hit Colorado mountain counties
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…
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Staff picks: The top 5 stories of the week in Colorado Politics
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…
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Experts: Hick-Kasich healthcare reform plan incremental, but positive first steps
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…
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Hickenlooper unveils bipartisan healthcare plan, his introduction to the national policy stage
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Thursday established himself as a national policymaker by unveiling a bipartisan healthcare plan he co-authored with Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich. The seven-page plan included: The full blueprint is available here. “We want to look at every option for cost control,” Hickenlooper said in the West Foyer of the state Capitol…
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Hickenlooper-Kasich plan calls for state and federal partnership on healthcare
Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s office released a copy of the bipartisan healthcare plan he and Ohio Gov. John Kasich will send to Congress to consider when it returns from its August recess in a few days. Hickenlooper has called an 11 a.m. press conference at the Capitol to talk about the proposal. The chat will…