Immunization Exemption Protects Children
Last December, the Journal of the American Medical Association published a paper on how well measles and pertussis vaccines protect Colorado children from disease. Unsurprisingly, it concluded that unvaccinated children were more likely to contract measles and whooping cough than vaccinated ones. It also reported that schools with more unvaccinated children are more likely to have outbreaks of these diseases.
Coloradans Can't Afford The 'Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act'
House Bill 01-1108. Prescription Drug Fair Pricing Act. Creates a new state health insurance program that is not means tested. Makes the state a prescription drug wholesaler, politicizes prescription drug pricing, creates a new bureaucracy to act as a commercial middleman, gives the state full access to retail pharmacy business records, puts small bio-tech firms at risk by creating a new category of business crimes.
A New Education Tax Plan for Colorado
Arizona and Minnesota have both implemented successful education tax plans. Arizona and Minnesota differ in their approaches, but by combining the best from both states, a much more comprehensive plan can be created for Colorado.
Smart Growth: More Traffic Congestion and Air Pollution
Americans have moved to the suburbs: Over the past 50 years, Americas suburbs have grown to contain most urban residents. As the nation has become more affluent, people have chosen to live in single-family dwellings on individual lots and have also obtained automobiles to provide unprecedented mobility.
Subsidized growth or subsidized housing:Whats it going to be, Denver?
The city of Denver is showing a great deal of concern for those who are priced out of Denvers housing market. So why does the city of Denver continue to subsidize growth that has helped pushed housing prices up?
