Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a wealthy tech entrepreneur worth hundreds of millions of dollars, paid little or no federal income taxes in the nine years before the Democrat was elected
What a difference a year makes in Colorado’s case for a public option plan
Before the pandemic, Colorado looked set to become the second state to pass what s known as a public option health insurance plan, which would have forced hospitals that lawmakers said were raking in obscene profits to accept lower payments. But when covid-19 struck, legislators hit pause.
Now, after a year of much public lionizing of doctors and other health professionals on the front lines of the covid fight, it s a lot harder to make the case hospitals are fleecing patients. It is much more difficult now that we have this narrative of the health care heroes, said Sarah McAfee, director of communications for the Center for Health Progress, a Denver-based health advocacy organization that pushed for the public option. Part of this is separating the two: The people who are providing the health care are not the same as the corporations who are focused on the bottom line.
DENVER Before the pandemic, Colorado looked set to become the second state to pass what s known as a public option health insurance plan, which would have forced hospitals that lawmakers said were raking in obscene profits to accept lower payments. But when COVID-19 struck, legislators hit pause.
Now, after a year of much public lionizing of doctors and other health professionals on the front lines of the COVID fight, it s a lot harder to make the case hospitals are fleecing patients. It is much more difficult now that we have this narrative of the healthcare heroes, said Sarah McAfee, director of communications for the Center for Health Progress, a Denver-based health advocacy organization that pushed for the public option. Part of this is separating the two: The people who are providing the healthcare are not the same as the corporations who are focused on the bottom line.
This is the third in a series of profiles on the candidates running for Colorado Republican Party chair. Click to read about fellow hopefuls Scott Gessler and Kristi Burton Brown. Hopefully, the thing that brings us together is the party platform, which is about lower taxes and free markets and things like that, says Casper Stockham, who hopes to succeed U.S. Representative Ken Buck as the chair of the Colorado Republican Party; the vote is scheduled for March 27. And the party platform is not President Trump. I supported President Trump and voted for him, but he s not here anymore, and the platform is.