Was Colorado’s House Speaker Crisanta Duran taking a page from California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon‘s book when she blocked introduction of the Health Care Cost Analysis Act of 2018?Read the letter about the status of the bill from Ivan J. Miller, Ph.D. and judge for yourself if this is a coincidence or a strategy.
Drafted by the Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care and ready for introduction by Rep. Edie Hooten and Senator Irene Aguilar, the Health Care Cost Analysis Act would have given Coloradans the opportunity to compare and contrast alternative healthcare financing mechanisms. To support Colorado’s universal healthcare movement, make a tax-deductible donation here!
(Republished with permission of Ivan J. Miller, Ph.D., Executive Director of Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care .)
Speaker Duran, along with either the House Majority Leader and/or the House Minority Leader, can either grant or deny permission to introduce bills that are submitted to House leadership for consideration after the December deadline. Rep. Hooton requested late bill permission on March 7.
- The current system
- Universal health care through insurance companies
- Universal health care through a mix of public and employer-sponsored insurance
- Universal health care, privately delivered, financed by a single public financing entity
- A new Medicaid buy-in public option on the Exchange
- Call Speaker Duran at 303-866-2925 and tell her Coloradans need and deserve information about all proposals. You can also email her: crisanta.duran.house@state.co.
us - Ask all political candidates if they will support and endorse analysis and discussion about the best way to control health care costs and assure all Coloradans have excellent health care.
