universal health care
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Aguilar: ColoradoCare: Real progress, right now
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ProgressNow, a nonprofit that claims to support progressive issues, came out against ColoradoCare/Amendment 69. With this decision, the organization abandoned the people of Colorado and joined forces with status quo establishment politicians and profit- driven private insurers who make it their business to deny care to those who need it most. ProgressNow abandoned legendary progressive…
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Carroll says she isn’t supporting ColoradoCare ballot measure
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Democratic congressional candidate Morgan Carroll said Friday she is opposing Amendment 69, the Colorado ballot measure known as ColoradoCare, saying that problems with health care costs and coverage need solutions at the national level. The proposal would create universal health care in the state, run by a single insurer financed by payroll taxes, payments for…
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Letter: Nurses proud to support ColoradoCare
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Editor: While receiving my nursing degree many years ago, I recited the Florence Nightingale pledge to “devote myself to the welfare of those committed to my care.” To this day, I take my pledge very seriously. In my job as a public health nurse, “those committed to my care” included the entire community. I am…
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Kerns: Is ColoradoCare a magic pill or prescription for disaster?
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Just as Coloradans became accustomed to the idea of the Affordable Care Act, along came a ballot measure to replace the state’s health care exchange with a model similar to Canada’s universal health care system. Amendment 69 is a ballot initiative that promises to deliver on big goals of health coverage for all at a…
