Colo. SB11-200: Shawn Mitchell on opposing state-run insurance exchange
Government-run exchanges “are just the next layer [of political meddling in health care]: a government solution to government problems. But it’s worse than déjà vu. Exchanges are likely to exacerbate the problem of political distortion.”
Politically-controlled Colorado health benefits exchange bill reaches Senate
Colorado Senate Bill 11-200 advances to the state Senate without the provision that “would nullify the bill unless the state is allowed to opt out of the federal Affordable Care Act,” reports the Denver Business Journal
Do private insurance exchanges already exist?
The Denver Post has quoted Colo. state rep Amy Stephens as saying that “Most people viewed exchanges as the most free-market part of Obamacare.” But viewing state-run exchanges as somehow free-market is also wrong because privately-run exchanges already exist.
