Monthly Archives: October 2010

Amendment 63: Denver Post vs. liberty & the U.S. Constitution

Rob Natelson, a Senior Fellow in Constitutional Jurisprudence at the Independence Institute, writes: The legal whizzes on the editorial board of the Denver Post have spoken: Amendment 63, the Right to Health Care Choice Initiative, is bad because Obama Care … Continue reading

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Dangers of mandating medical loss ratios

John R. Graham of the Pacific Research Institute discusses the harms of the medical loss ratios mandated in ObamaCare (HR 3590): One of the ways in which ObamaCare will reduce individuals’ and businesses’ choices of health insurance is through regulating … Continue reading

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Colorado Amendment 63: refuting the “cost-shift” & other flawed opposition

Health care needs real reform, but mandatory insurance does the opposite by entrenching the worst of current policies. It bans affordable insurance, increases costs, and further extends insurers’ government-granted privileges at patients’ expense. Continue reading

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Morgan Carroll wants to force insurers to sell child-only policies

Update to CO insurers stop selling child-only policies – blame health control bill: The Denver Business Journal reports: State Sen. Morgan Carroll is warning insurers in Colorado to return to the child-only individual health care market or face a “very … Continue reading

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Amendment 63 protects right to spend money on your own medical care

Writes Linda Gorman in the Salida Mountain Mail: Passing Amendment 63 in November would ensure that you will have the right to use your own money to pay for the medical care that you think you need. If you live … Continue reading

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Stand up to D.C. on health care choice

Check out the op-ed by Linda Gorman and Jon Caldara in Sunday’s Denver Post. It begins: Stop D.C. Yes on 63. Washington went too far when it passed health care reform this year. While the voters of Colorado can’t change … Continue reading

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Donald Berwick won’t answer critics

Via Human Events, Donald Berwick, head of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services,  “won’t, engage critics, grant interviews, or testify before Congress about his views on health-care rationing.” Similar Posts: Obama appoints Donald Berwick: Health Care Rationer-in-Chief Medicare head … Continue reading

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