Amendment 69 “ColoradoCare” Resources
Amendment 69 aka ColoradoCare Resources Issue Backgrounder (PDF) and 7-point fact sheet by economist and Health Care Policy Center director Linda Gorman Blog note: Will passing Amendment 69 lead to a doctor strike? by Linda Gorman. Op-ed: Amendment 69 and ColoradoCare: If you like your doctor, you may not get to keep […]
Amendment 69: ColoradoCare mimics existing single-payer disasters
by Sally C. Pipes The good people of Colorado must be smoking something these days. That’s the only explanation for the decision by 156,000 of the state’s more than 3 million registered voters to endorse a November ballot initiative that would create a statewide single-payer health care system. Patients in single-payer systems elsewhere must withstand […]
Amendment 69: Colorado can learn from Vermont’s failed experiment with single payer health care
by John McClaughry In November Colorado voters will decide the fate of Amendment 69. It proposes to create ColoradoCare, a bureaucracy to control all health care in the state. It would initially be funded by a 10 percent tax increase on all forms of income. Coloradans trying to decide how to vote on Amendment 69 […]
Amendment 69 and ColoradoCare: It does raise income taxes by 10 percent
by Linda Gorman Judging from some comments on an earlier Complete Colorado column, at least some ColoradoCare supporters are confused about the Amendment 69 tax increases. They think that the Amendment raises payroll taxes but not income taxes. They are wrong. Section 9(3), part c, of Amendment 69 says that the Colorado Department of Revenue […]
Amendment 69: ColoradoCare will bring unnecessary suffering for patients
by Linda Gorman Amendment 69 will create ColoradoCare. Its supporters say that ColoradoCare will provide outstanding health for everyone for less. Premiums and deductibles will go away. Cede control over your health care, your liberty, and an additional 10 percent of your income to an unaccountable government monopoly health provider, in return you will get […]
Debate Series on Socialized Health Care in Colorado
Want to learn more about Amendment 69, also known as “ColoradoCare,” which would create a single-payer, socialized health care system in Colorado? Join the Independence Institute as we co-host a debate series on this issue facing voters in November. We will be co-hosting 3 debates with the Steamboat Institute around Colorado featuring Independence Institute health […]
Amendment 69: What You Need to Know About the “ColoradoCare” Single-Payer Health Care Measure
The ColoradoCare Amendment imposes the highest state income taxes in the nation. It creates a centrally run, monopoly health program. It does not guarantee health care or replace health insurance.
Amendment 69: What You Need to Know About the "ColoradoCare" Single-Payer Health Care Measure
IB-F-2015 (Feb 2015) Author: Linda Gorman PDF of full Issue Backgrounder Executive Summary: In November 2016, voters will decide on Amendment 69, a state constitutional amendment which would create ‘ColoradoCare,’ a single-payer, government run health care system in Colorado.
