Amendment 63 vs. cost-shift hypocrisy
Huffington Post: Want to be taxed $5 to save just $1? Expect this kind of health care “reform” from those claiming to protect you from what’s called the “uninsured cost-shift.”. Supporters of mandatory insurance only claim to oppose cost-shifting. In practice, they support policies that, like mandatory insurance, add to the very cost-shifting they claim to object to.
The ObamaCare Repeal Pledge
Colorado politicians and candidates for officer can show their support for freedom and individual rights in medicine in at least two ways. One is to endorse Colorado Amendment 63. The other is to sign the Repeal Pledge.
Amendment 63′s Foes Only Want You for Your Body
Huffington Post: Should Colorado mandate that each car owner buy a comprehensive lifetime vehicle warranty? By the logic of a common argument against Colorado Amendment 63 and for mandatory medical insurance, the answer is “Yes.” Mandatory insurance treats your body as a means to political ends, rather than respecting your rights as an individual. An editorial in […]
Amendment 63: Dr. Hsieh says it’s right for Colorado
In a Denver Post Guest Commentary, Paul Hsieh, MD of Freedom and Individual Rights in Medicine says: Suppose the government required everyone to purchase their meals from state-run restaurants. The government would also select the menu items. If you liked spinach but their vegetable choice was broccoli, then tough luck. Everyone would also have to […]
DC unions bankroll Colorado campaign against Amendment 63
Economist Linda Gorman writes: People who need to spend $100,000 to interpret 90 words of a ballot initiative, that the Blue Book interprets for free, shouldn’t have much credibility when it comes to controlling health care costs. That’s how much the campaign against the health care choice amendment, Amendment 63, spent on fancy campaign consultants. […]
Amendment 63 vs. CO Medical Society’s scare tactics
From the Denver Daily News: Dr. Brent Keeler, president-elect of the Colorado Medical Society, said in a statement yesterday that Amendment 63 might “interfere with the state’s ability to regulate the practice of medicine.” Dr. Brent Keeler’s statement about Amendment 63 and licensing is absurd. He might as well argue that the Colorado Constitution supports […]
Promoting Amendment 63
Here’s the latest message from Jon Caldara on how to promote Amendment 63, complete with the logo: Dear Friends of Healthcare Choice, Don’t be afraid, be a part of the movement to bring health care freedom to Colorado! Voting on Amendment 63 is less than 2 weeks away. Voters are starting to pay attention to […]
Amendment 63: keeping you out of jail
Check out this new video on Colorado Amendment 63: See also this related post: Jail time for not having (legal) health insurance? and read the text of the Amendment. More health care videos.
Colorado Amendment 63: refuting the “cost-shift” & other flawed opposition
Boulder Daily Camera: Health care needs real reform, but mandatory insurance does the opposite by entrenching the worst of current policies. It bans affordable insurance, increases costs, and further extends insurers’ government-granted privileges at patients’ expense.
Stand up to D.C. on health care choice
Check out the op-ed by Linda Gorman and Jon Caldara in Sunday’s Denver Post. It begins: Stop D.C. Yes on 63. Washington went too far when it passed health care reform this year. While the voters of Colorado can’t change federal law, we can amend Colorado’s constitutional Bill of Rights to guarantee a right to […]
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 […]
