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Colo. HB 11-1173: Licensing of naturopathic doctors limits competition, increase prices0
- February 21, 2011
Occupational licensing is a tried and true way for professionals to restrict competition while claiming to protect consumers. Colorado HB11-1173 is the latest example. It’s sure to put some naturopathic doctors of a job, limit entry of new doctors into the marketplace, and increase prices patients pay.
READ MOREColorado SB 11-168: The health care Authority will enforce your “cooperation”0
- February 17, 2011
Colorado’s health care authoritarians are back with their version of single payer medicine. No, it’s a “public option. No, it’s a “health care cooperative.” If this idea is so good, then they should start their own co-op w/o government force, & let people join & fund at will.
READ MOREColorado Senate Bill 11-019 lifts insurance restrictions on small employers0
- February 8, 2011
Colorado Senate Bill 19 would lift restrictions on small business that forbid them from using “Health Reimbursement Accounts” for buying medical insurance with pre-tax dollars.
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Aetna leaves Colorado’s individual insurance market0
- February 7, 2011
Aetna has stopped selling individual health insurance policies in Colorado. The Wall Street Journal interviews an analyst who suggests the ObamaCare’s medical-loss ratio rules “likely triggered Aetna’s decision to quit Colorado.”
READ MOREColorado HB11-1025 would repeal the phony health care “affordability” act0
- February 1, 2011
Colorado HB11-1025 would repeal the hospital provider tax instituted in 2009. The tax (not a fee) was part of the so-called “Colorado Health Care Affordability Act.” Linda Gorman of the Independence Institute explains how “If truth in advertising applied to legislation, the act’s title would have landed someone in jail.”
READ MOREColorado HB11-1025 Repeal Hospital Provider Fee Tax0
- January 31, 2011
Colorado state Rep. Janak Joshi and Senator Kevin Lundberg are sponsoring HB11-1025, which would repeal the hospital provider “fee” instituted in 2009. Linda Gorman explains how the so-called “fee” is really a tax, and hence violates the Colorado Constitution
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