Did Colorado just pass bad health care legislation?

Cassandra

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Wed Mar-09-11 12:39 PM
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Did Colorado just pass bad health care legislation?

I'm trying to get some news on this.

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Tippy

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Wed Mar-09-11 12:59 PM
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1. Doon't know about Colorado....but TN sure did

http://tndp.org/blog/2011/03/08/tn-republicans-abandon-sick-children-struggling-seniors-and-cancer-survivors/

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highplainsdem

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Wed Mar-09-11 01:18 PM
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2. Yes. And the Tennessee law is one more example of model legislation from ALEC, the American

Legislative Exchange Council.

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_196197.asp

“It’s refreshing to see Tennessee lawmakers take a stand against the unconstitutional federal healthcare mandate,” said Christie Herrera of the American Legislative Exchange Council, the main proponent of this and similar legislation across the nation. “We thank the General Assembly for addressing this important issue before the true implications of ObamaCare hit home.”

This page, a story from last summer, specifically explains that it's model legislation from ALEC:

http://politics4all.com/users/mikedavis/blog/8615-alert-health-care-freedom-act-resurrected

This sort of thing is why I've been posting topics about ALEC.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x591230

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backscatter712

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Wed Mar-09-11 01:26 PM
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3. There's a health-care cooperative bill in Colorado.

Edited on Wed Mar-09-11 01:31 PM by backscatter712

This one's a good one, is SB-168, which would implement a health care cooperative. It's sponsored by Rep. John Kefalas (awesome guy!) and Sen. Irene Aguilar, and has the support of the other Democrats in the General Assembly.

More information on Colorado health care bills, especially SB-168:

http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org/

According to the status ( http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS/CLICS2011A/csl.nsf/StatusSenate?openFrameset ) it passed out of committee, made it to the Senate floor, where it's been laid over until Mar. 18th.

I'm hoping it doesn't get killed in the House - the GOP controls the Colorado House unfortunately.

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Cassandra

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Wed Mar-09-11 01:49 PM
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4. My brother is under the impression...

that some of his coverage has been stripped away as of April 1st. What the hell is he talking about?

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backscatter712

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Wed Mar-09-11 02:07 PM
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5. I'm not sure.

Part of it may be the budget cuts - the state of Colorado has a 1.3 billion dollar hole, and that's resulting in brutal cuts all over the place - Hickenlooper wanted to close 4 state parks, a prison, cut $300M in K-12 funding, cut higher-ed funding, etc. etc., and some health care benefits may be part of the cuts.

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Cassandra

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Wed Mar-09-11 02:35 PM
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6. But for privately bought insurance?

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backscatter712

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Wed Mar-09-11 07:08 PM
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7. I'll take a look around.

Right now I'm working as an intern in the CO state capitol, so I'll see if I can figure out what's up with that.

The Republicans might have tried putting forth a bill to do that in the House, but it won't survive the Democratically controlled Senate.

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