From the Denver Business Journal:
A proposal that would have taken the first steps toward a government-run “single payer” system to handle health care reimbursements in Colorado was dropped by its sponsor on Wednesday. ...
Although the bill is dead for this session, [Bill sponsor Rep. John]Kefalas said in a statement that ...
Defending the proposal for a politically-controlled monopolistic government insurance plan in Colorado, Rep. Daniel Kagan (D-Cherry Hills Village) said:
"I think it is our responsibility that every single Coloradan, regardless of their wealth or position in society, get the health care they need ... It is our obligation."
Let's say this is ...
Would the Colorado Health Care Authority be part of the government? No matter how much its supporters claim that it would not be, and how Colorado HB 1273 defines it, it is. So long as it gets your tax dollars and sets rules forbidding you from contracting with a doctor, ...
Politicians cannot guarantee healthcare, but by trying they can create an unaccountable and toxic insurance monopoly. So beware of Colorado House Bill 1273, which will be heard by the House Business Affairs and Labor Committee on March 18. The Rocky Mountain News described this so-called "Colorado Guaranteed Healthcare Act" as ...
Some politicians and activists in Wisconsin are suggesting a that the government monopolize the health insurance industry in the state. This is similar to Colorado's HB 1273. One consequence of such a bill is to attract people who are sick, uninsured, and uninsurable to the state. Researchers at the Wisconsier ...
State Representative John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, says that under his single-payer health care plan, the "Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act," "people can choose their own doctor and get high-quality care." Here he overlooks a critical distinction: health insurance or prepaid health care is not the same as health care. In ...
From the Northern Colorado Business Report:
State Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins, said he plans to introduce a bill in the next session of the Colorado General Assembly aimed at creating a single-payer health-care system for the state.
Kefalas ... called the Colorado Guaranteed Healthcare Act -- would "provide medical coverage to ...
