repeal and replace
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Hickenlooper-Kasich plan calls for state and federal partnership on healthcare
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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…
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Democrat Trish Zornio, scientist and community activist, weighing run against Gardner
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Trish Zornio’s resume says scientist, but it could soon say candidate. The 32-year-old biomedical scientist from Superior is putting noticeable research into her consideration of running against U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in 2020. A Democrat from a family of New Hampshire Republicans, she has a detailed website about her potential candidacy. Monday evening she held…
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Staff picks: The top 5 stories in Colorado Politics this week (July 30, 2017)
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The week in Colorado Politics included a lot of stories from Washington, D.C., and Denver that will impact across the state. The political jockeying for next year’s elections continue, while health care, military service and the Motor City Madman found their ways into the headlines. Here are the stories from Colorado Politics that our staff…
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Cory Gardner made the right call with health-care vote. Here’s what to do next
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Fifty Senate Republicans and Vice President Mike Pence on Tuesday voted in favor of opening up 20 hours of debate on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Colorado’s own Sen. Cory Gardner, an advocate for healthcare reform, was among those who voted to move ahead. He subsequently cast votes in favor of repeal and…
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For Dems, Colorado’s Coffman can do no right — even when he votes their way
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In politics as in life, there’s no pleasing some folks. Take, for example, an e-missive blasted out this afternoon by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (the campaign arm of U.S. House Democrats), denouncing Colorado’s 6th Congressional District Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman over his vote on the latest pending GOP health-care plan. The group’s email – no doubt one of…
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Obamacare replacement draws more fire, said to imperil rural Coloradans
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A new report from an Obamacare-friendly think tank in the nation’s capital concludes that a pending congressional replacement for the nation’s endlessly debated health-care law could leave many Coloradans – especially in rural communities – without health coverage. A press release today touting the findings by the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., pointedly notes, “Senators Cory Gardner and Michael…
