Government insurance expansion wastes taxpayer dollars

Friday, January 9th, 2009

The Denver Post published my letter on Thursday: New insurance law wastes taxpayer dollars Re: “The governor’s first two years; Two views of his energy level,” Jan. 4 Denver & The West story. The Post reports that Gov. Bill Ritter “signed a law that … could result in as many as 50,000 more ...

How many parents will drop insurance in response to SB 08-160?

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Last June Governor Ritter signed Colorado Senate Bill 08-160, which expanded eligibility for the the Colorado Children's Health Program Plus (SCHIP in Colorado) to 225% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL), "adjusted for family size." Now check out the following graphic from the Heritage Foundation.  It shows Congressional Budget Office ...

Colorado SCHIP “like a kind of mess”

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

From the Rocky Mountain News: The state program that delivers health care to more than 53,500 needy children and pregnant women is in administrative disarray, state auditors said Monday. A report on the Children's Basic Health Plan found that 10 percent of patients were classified incorrectly — either as eligible when they ...

Open letter to supporters of Colorado SB 160

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

To: Stephen Kapanos, Vice President Public Policy & Advocacy Bill Lindsay and Penfield Tate, Health Care Committee, Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce Elisabeth Arenales, Esq., Director, Health Care Program, Colorado Center on Law and Policy Mental Health America of Colorado, Colorado Center on Law and Policy, and the Denver Metro Chamber of ...

SB-160: Compulsory charity immoral & impractical

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Earlier this month The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities (in this case, those for children's health insurance) and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities. The budget: An “immoral document” A “moral document.” This is what Colorado House ...