Colo. Senate passes SB 11-200, would create politically-controlled health insurance exchange

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, April 29, 2011

On April 27 the Colorado state Senate passed SB 11-200, which could establish a government-controlled health insurance exchange. Read up on why this is a bad idea.

SB 11-200: Colo. Insurance Exchange weakens repeal efforts, feds will control it

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:20 pm, April 22, 2011

A state-run insurance exchange in CO cannot defend itself from burdensome federal regulations. Collaboration w/ ObamaCare “confuses the commitment to repeal.” You “do not want …Obama campaigning on Obamacare’s faux flexibility and responsiveness — as would have been demonstrated by bipartisan state legislation to implement it.”

SB-200 is an Obamacare Trojan Horse

by Al Maurer | 9:41 pm, April 21, 2011

Actions by the state administration make clear that healthcare exchanges are not free market–they’re a Trojan horse for Obamacare.

Politically-controlled Colorado health benefits exchange bill reaches Senate

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, April 20, 2011

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?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 9:55 pm, April 19, 2011

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.

Wake up, Amy!

by Al Maurer | 11:18 pm, April 13, 2011

Colorado citizens aren’t smart enough to know what’s good for them.

Amendment for ObamaCare waiver stalls Colo. Health Insurance Exchange, SB 11-200

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, April 4, 2011

Reps. Amy Stephens and Shawn Mitchell stall the CO health insurance exchange bill (SB 11-200) with amendment that requires a waiver from ObamaCare mandates before exchange can be implemented.

Can an Interstate compact (HB 11-1273) protect Colorado from ObamaCare?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, March 30, 2011

“Rather than wasting scarce legislative time trying to find the least harmful way of “implementing” Obamacare, state politicians should invest in reforms that will survive long after Obamacare is relegated to history’s dustbin. Including health insurance in an interstate compact would be such a reform.”

Colorado Health Insurance Exchange bound to be strangled by federal controls

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, March 23, 2011

“[A] fire hose of [federal] subsidies explains why it is far more likely that Obamacare will corrupt Utah['s exchange] than Utah will manage to redeem Obamacare,” writes John Graham. The same applies to Colorado.

The “Amazon tax” . . . it’s baaaaaaaack!

by Kelly Maher | 11:32 pm, November 5, 2010

Now that Republicans will control the Colorado House of Representatives in January, it looks like the so-called “Amazon Tax” may be on the chopping block. And to recall what a pro-business state DOES NOT look like, see the video (at left) from March in which state Sen. John Morse, D-Colo. Springs, accused Amazon of “tyranny.”

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