sen. kevin lundberg
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New Colorado law gives patients more transparency on medical fees
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A new law that took effect this month means Colorado is joining states trying to force hospitals to reveal their fees before treatment. The law requires hospitals and doctors to publicly post their self-pay rates for common treatments, which often refers to publishing them on websites. The General Assembly was trying to control medical costs…
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Hickenlooper’s budget focuses on PERA, K12, higher-ed funding
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Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday laid out his budget wishlist with the six members of the Joint Budget Committee, focusing on increased funding for K-12 and higher education, boosting the state’s reserve and finding a way to bail out (again) the Public Employees’ Retirement Association (PERA). The state budget, as proposed by Hickenlooper, is $28.5…
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Legislature’s Lundberg, i2i’s Caldara to headline gathering of tax-CUT-ters
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The fiscally conservative Colorado Union of Taxpayers – whose “CUT ratings” of lawmakers’ voting records over the years could make or break the conservative credentials claimed by many GOP officeholders – doesn’t have quite the profile it did in the days of its late co-founder and all-around activist behind the scenes, Vern Bickel. Arguably, it doesn’t have…
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A reminder that Republicans can run afoul of tort reform too
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Even amid the ever-shifting alliances of hardball politics, there are some loyalties you generally can rely on. You know, like how the environmentalists, the abortion-rights advocates and the trial lawyers are generally in the Democrats’ corner. And the gun owners, the right-to-lifers and the fossil fuelers — to say nothing of the tort reformers — will line up with the GOP.…
