task0778
Diamond Member
Anybody from Colorado in here? My understanding is that last year Colorado passed a number of bills through their state legislature to create what is essentially a single payer health care option.
"Colorado’s HB 1004 creates a public insurance option and claims it will “compete in the market against private plans.” This public option produces an uneven playing field, pitting an insurance company backed by taxpayer dollars with commercial enterprises that must balance their budgets from premiums paid by ratepayers."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/03/colorado_goes_over_the_health_care_cliff.html
They have also passed a number of other measures:
" HB 1174 puts caps on Emergency Room charges. HB 1216 places price controls on insulin and potentially other medications. SB 5 allows government to undercut American drug manufacturers by purchasing pharmaceuticals from Canada. HB 1168 creates a re-insurance fund to pay insurance companies when patients have very expensive claims. SB 238 increases payments to home health workers, assuming the state can squeeze money from Washington. "
A couple of issues (IMHO):
1. Will it really work? It didn't in Vermont, why will it be successful in Colorado?
2. State taxes are going to go up to pay for this, did they tell you how much?
3. What about illegal immigrants? Do they get free health care too? Do you have to be a resident? What if you live in another state? Do you get free care then?
4. Paying insurance companies, always a good idea. Gonna have to be a lot of money or they'll leave. Can an insuance company deny coverage? Sounds to me like anyone with existing HC insurance policies will be SOL. Some HC providers and companies will leave for other states IMHO.
5. I'm always ready to admit when I'm wrong, it happens often enough. But whenever a SP system is implemented, the access and quality goes down. Every time. and it's expensive, VERY expensive. Which means some non-HC citizens and businesses will leave too as soon as practical. Unless this dies a quick death. which leads me to my final question:
6. Is there anything on the November ballot in Colorado about this? Like an effort to shut it down? Be interesting to see how the Dems that pushed this through fare in November. Hey, maybe it'll work, I'm a big fan of pushing a lot of policies and programs out of the federal gov't and down to the states, counties, and cities. Never did like the one-size-fits-all ideas that politicians dream up. Got my doubts about this one though.
"Colorado’s HB 1004 creates a public insurance option and claims it will “compete in the market against private plans.” This public option produces an uneven playing field, pitting an insurance company backed by taxpayer dollars with commercial enterprises that must balance their budgets from premiums paid by ratepayers."
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/03/colorado_goes_over_the_health_care_cliff.html
They have also passed a number of other measures:
" HB 1174 puts caps on Emergency Room charges. HB 1216 places price controls on insulin and potentially other medications. SB 5 allows government to undercut American drug manufacturers by purchasing pharmaceuticals from Canada. HB 1168 creates a re-insurance fund to pay insurance companies when patients have very expensive claims. SB 238 increases payments to home health workers, assuming the state can squeeze money from Washington. "
A couple of issues (IMHO):
1. Will it really work? It didn't in Vermont, why will it be successful in Colorado?
2. State taxes are going to go up to pay for this, did they tell you how much?
3. What about illegal immigrants? Do they get free health care too? Do you have to be a resident? What if you live in another state? Do you get free care then?
4. Paying insurance companies, always a good idea. Gonna have to be a lot of money or they'll leave. Can an insuance company deny coverage? Sounds to me like anyone with existing HC insurance policies will be SOL. Some HC providers and companies will leave for other states IMHO.
5. I'm always ready to admit when I'm wrong, it happens often enough. But whenever a SP system is implemented, the access and quality goes down. Every time. and it's expensive, VERY expensive. Which means some non-HC citizens and businesses will leave too as soon as practical. Unless this dies a quick death. which leads me to my final question:
6. Is there anything on the November ballot in Colorado about this? Like an effort to shut it down? Be interesting to see how the Dems that pushed this through fare in November. Hey, maybe it'll work, I'm a big fan of pushing a lot of policies and programs out of the federal gov't and down to the states, counties, and cities. Never did like the one-size-fits-all ideas that politicians dream up. Got my doubts about this one though.