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Budget chicanery with Colorado Medicaid, hospital provider ‘fees’0
- November 16, 2015
Medicaid is the largest health care program in the United States. It spends a lot on relatively low quality care. Since 2007, Colorado officials have acceded to the federal government’s wishes, expanding both Medicaid and the role of government in Colorado health care. The feds said it would reduce health expenditures by improving health. Now
READ MOREBudget chicanery with Colorado Medicaid, hospital provider 'fees'0
- November 16, 2015
Medicaid is the largest health care program in the United States. It spends a lot on relatively low quality care. Since 2007, Colorado officials have acceded to the federal government’s wishes, expanding both Medicaid and the role of government in Colorado health care. The feds said it would reduce health expenditures by improving health. Now
READ MOREColorado’s Obamacare exchange spends big for little new coverage0
- July 23, 2015
In the recent King v. Burwell decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the federal health benefits exchange can provide Obamacare premium subsidies. Given this, it may be time for Colorado officials to shut down the Colorado exchange and let people use the federal one. In 2012, the Colorado exchange predicted that its 2015-2018 expenditures
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Colorado's Obamacare exchange spends big for little new coverage0
- July 23, 2015
In the recent King v. Burwell decision, the U.S. Supreme Court said that the federal health benefits exchange can provide Obamacare premium subsidies. Given this, it may be time for Colorado officials to shut down the Colorado exchange and let people use the federal one. In 2012, the Colorado exchange predicted that its 2015-2018 expenditures
READ MORESenate Bill 275: Why should members of the Colorado legislature be above the law?0
- May 1, 2015
Some members of the Colorado legislature want to be exempt from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the federal law requiring everyone else to protect individual health information from purposeful or accidental disclosure. “Health oversight agencies” are exempt from HIPAA requirements. If Senate Bill 275 passes, the entire Colorado legislature will become a
READ MORENumbers cast doubt on Hickenlooper’s teen pregnancy claims0
- July 29, 2014
Has Colorado really had more success in preventing “teen” pregnancies than other states? Gov. John Hickenlooper said yes in a news conference convened within days of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent Hobby Lobby decision. But the numbers cast serious doubt on his story.
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