Amendment 63 Protects Right to Spend Own Money on Medical Care
By Linda Gorman, PhD Passing Amendment 63 in November would ensure that you will have the right to use your own money to pay for the medical care that you think you need. If you live in Colorado you need this protection, and you need it now. Colorado’s health agencies plan to control your health […]
Colorado Education Association vs. Health Care Choice (Amendment 63)
The Colorado Education Association’s flawed opposition to Colorado Amendment 63 complains that it would block the state from forcing people to enroll in Medicaid and SCHIP. If these programs are so good, why do they need to force people?
Doctor misleads voters on Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice)
Dr. Stephen Berman is president of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a a professor with the Dept. of Pediatrics in the CU School of Medicine. His commentary in the Denver Post (Sept. 23) so misrepresents Amendment 63 that I wonder if he’s even read it.
Colorado Amendment 63: doctors for or against?
Regarding Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice), Mike Krause of the Independence Institute writes: The 7,000 plus member Colorado Medical Society (CMS) had its annual meeting last weekend, and the Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590, aka Obama Care) was a main focus of the gathering. The CMS apparently surveyed its membership, and according to an […]
DC funds opposition to Colorado Amendment 63
The Colorado Secretary of State’s website reports that Colorado Deserves Better, the group opposing Amendment 63 received 90 percent of its $156,000 in funds from groups with addresses in Washington, DC. They include the National Education Association, the Service Employees International Union, the AFL-CIO, and the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center. The three Colorado groups in […]
Amendment 63: opposition is both flawed and deceptive
Mandatory insurance takes what’s wrong with health insurance and makes it worse. It means higher costs, less incentive to please patients, and the prohibition of affordable insurance plans . Amendment 63 would block Colorado politicians from imposing mandatory insurance. It would also prevent the feds from pressuring the Colorado legislature to enforce Washington’s version of […]
Opposition to Amendment 63 Both Flawed and Deceptive
by Brian Schwartz Mandatory insurance takes what’s wrong with health insurance and makes it worse. It means higher costs, affordable insurance becomes illegal, and less incentive to please patients. Amendment 63 would block Colorado politicians from imposing mandatory insurance. It would also prevent the feds from pressuring the Colorado legislature to enforce Washington’s version of […]
Colorado Amendment 63, the commerce clause, & the Constitution
In his article in support of Colorado Amendment 63 (health care choice), Wayne Laugesen writes: Congress has no authority to require individuals to buy private insurance, which is the basis of the lawsuit filed by states. It has no such authority because the Constitution does not grant it, not by any twisting of any phrase. […]
Colorado Amendment 63, risk pools, & health care costs
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 pools result in cost savings (for whom?), this […]
