Colorado Medicaid errors far exceed commercial insurers’

Monday, August 30th, 2010

Look forward to more costly errors at the expense of your tax dollars.  The new health control legislation (HR 3590) expands Medicaid eligibility. Linda Gorman points out that Colorado Medicaid's error rate in paying claims is much higher than private insurers. Her reference is the 2009 State of Colorado Statewide ...

Colorado Amendment 63, risk pools, & health care costs

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

A July 30 statement from a group calling itself "Colorado Deserves Better" said that Colorado Amendment 63 (Health Care Choice) "would isolate Colorado from health care costs savings by shrinking the risk pool in Colorado."  This is unlikely, and even so, it's unethical. Even if larger risk ...

Colorado Amendment 63: Health Care Choice

Monday, August 16th, 2010



Colorado Amendment 63: Right to Health Care Choice

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

Full text of the Colorado Amendment 63: Right to Health Care Choice Initiative. Source: Colorado General Assembly. Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado Article II of the Constitution of the State of Colorado is amended by the addition of a new section to read: Section 32. Right to health ...

Jane Norton on health care

Tuesday, July 27th, 2010

If you're looking for the latest drama in Colorado politics, or a accusations that Jane Norton is a liar, you have the wrong post.  This post is about what Norton says about health care policy. Jane Norton is seeking the Republican Party's nomination to run for U.S. Senate this Fall. The ...

Will Colorado Authorities Push Anthem to be a Slumlord Insurance Company?

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

Will Anthem act like a slumlord health insurer if the CO Division of Insurance forbids them from increasing rates?  The Denver Post reports that Colorado authorities are still deliberating about whether to permit Anthem to increase premiums. It's taken as a given that government officials have a right to interfere ...

ObamaCare’s high-risk pools may deny coverage

Friday, July 9th, 2010

This week the Denver Business Journal and the Denver Post reported on Colorado's new federally subsidizes high-risk pools ("GettingUSCovered"). But there's a good reason to be concerned about quality and access. The Hill reports: The Obama administration has not ruled out turning sick people away from an insurance program created by ...

Wed.: Health care policy roundtable - Denver Public Library 2-5 PM

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

From Jon Caldara: The second event is a health care policy roundtable co-sponsored by the Heartland Institute. This event will be taking place at the Denver Public Library from 2 to 5pm. Click here for the agenda including speakers and topics. If you’d like ...

Colorado legistlature helps insurers by mandating wasteful preventive care coverage

Friday, January 8th, 2010

From the Denver Post: A new state law makes some forms of preventative health care more affordable to people who are insured in Colorado. The law, which took effect Friday, assures that services such as screenings for breast and cervical cancer, cholesterol levels and colorectal cancer; childhood immunizations and flu vaccines; and ...

Shawn Mitchell plans to push market-based health reform

Monday, January 4th, 2010

From the Daily Camera (Boulder): Broomfield Republican state Sen. Shawn Mitchell said he doesn't expect to have much influence on legislation as a member of the minority, but he will draw attention to the ways he thinks the Democratic majority contributed to the state's financial problems. "The state saw this coming and ...