A Tax Disguised as a Fee: The Hospital Provider Fee Fund
By calling the provider charge a fee rather than a tax, the legislature was able to collect and use the revenue from the provider charge without asking permission from the voters.
Hey Colorado Pols: Hospitals pass hospital “fee” on to patients
The bill that would repeal the Colorado hospital tax has died. But Colorado Pols incorrectly states that it’s hospitals that pay the fee. This expense, or a large part of it, probably gets passed on to patients. Nor does the fee bring in matching funds from the feds.
