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Politically-controlled Colorado health benefits exchange bill reaches Senate
Colorado Senate Bill 11-200 advances to the state Senate without the provision that “would nullify the bill unless the state is allowed to opt out of the federal Affordable Care Act,” reports the Denver Business Journal Continue reading
Do private insurance exchanges already exist?
The Denver Post has quoted Colo. state rep Amy Stephens as saying that “Most people viewed exchanges as the most free-market part of Obamacare.” But viewing state-run exchanges as somehow free-market is also wrong because privately-run exchanges already exist. Continue reading
Why States Are Shying Away From ObamaCare’s Health Insurance Exchanges
State legislators who oppose [ObamaCare] might nonetheless be tempted to try building and running the exchanges themselves. But there are a number of reasons why governors in that position might want to sit out the implementation process. Continue reading
State insurance exchanges will only allow ObamaCare’s roots to grow, make repeal more difficult
“Governors like [Georgia governor Nathan] Deal and [Louisiana governor Bobby] Jindal know that any exchange can only serve as fertilizer that will allow Obamacare’s roots to grow deeper into the soil – and making repeal more difficult.” – John Graham Continue reading
Amendment for ObamaCare waiver stalls Colo. Health Insurance Exchange, SB 11-200
Reps. Amy Stephens and Shawn Mitchell stall the CO health insurance exchange bill (SB 11-200) with amendment that requires a waiver from ObamaCare mandates before exchange can be implemented. Continue reading
Senate Bill 11-200: The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange
Colo. SB 11-200 “proposes to create an unaccountable bureaucracy.” “The [Exchange] Board could … support legislation compelling exchange membership, & payment of its fees/taxes on health insurance. … the bill allows the Exchange Board to create a monopoly insurance broker w/ unlimited taxing power. ” Continue reading
If low-income Coloradans spend big bucks on booze, candy, & movies, they can afford higher Medicaid copays
Are Colorado Medicaid recipients spending hundreds of dollars on candy, booze, cigarettes, and movies while the state forces taxpayers to fund their medical care? Yes, suggests the 2009 Consumer Expenditure Survey. Continue reading
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Can an Interstate compact (HB 11-1273) protect Colorado from ObamaCare?
“Rather than wasting scarce legislative time trying to find the least harmful way of “implementing” Obamacare, state politicians should invest in reforms that will survive long after Obamacare is relegated to history’s dustbin. Including health insurance in an interstate compact would be such a reform.” Continue reading
Colorado Health Insurance Exchange bound to be strangled by federal controls
“[A] fire hose of [federal] subsidies explains why it is far more likely that Obamacare will corrupt Utah['s exchange] than Utah will manage to redeem Obamacare,” writes John Graham. The same applies to Colorado. Continue reading
Colorado may cancel state-run “Prescription Drug Monitoring Program”
Do you find it kind of creepy that government agents have access to your prescription information? Every med you take, Colorado authorities could be watching you. But Colorado’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program may lose its tax funding. Continue reading