Colorado Considering Single-Payer
Colorado is considering a single-payer health care plan.
Click here for reuse options!Proponents of a statewide single-payer health care system have submitted 156,107 signatures, far more than the 98,492 required to qualify for the November 2016 ballot, to the Colorado secretary of state’s office for verification.
If the measure qualifies, Colorado would immediately become ground zero for a national debate on the concept of steep tax increases in return for guaranteed health care coverage for all residents, all against the backdrop of a pivotal presidential race.
The program, called ColoradoCare, comes with a steep price tag: $25 billion, which would be raised with a 10 percent payroll tax increase. At the same time, the plan would provide all residents with Medicare-style health care coverage and allow the state to dump Obamacare.
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Budda October 26th, 2015 at 11:01
Question: are Coloradans now paying 10% of their payroll for health insurance?
Gindy51 October 26th, 2015 at 12:41
That 10% might be a bit high for what they cover, but then it would also cover folks who are unemployed. Insurance isn’t a purchase like a car, it is a pool of risk that everyone pays into and only some folks use. I’ve never had a car accident so I have never had to use my insurance but I damned well pay for it because not to is NUTS.
CandideThirtythree October 26th, 2015 at 18:09
That is just state taxes not federal
Kick Frenzy October 26th, 2015 at 18:18
Actually, you mean… are employees paying 3.3% for health insurance?
(The employer pays 6.6%)
Budda October 26th, 2015 at 21:58
I guess what I’m asking is: is this a good deal, money wise, for the citizens?
The Original Just Me October 26th, 2015 at 11:09
It is true that the U.S. has the highest cost but not the highest quality health care in the world. It is also true the U.S. is the ONLY country with Capitalist health care. But, we do need the competition of privately owned health care coverage. Providing single payer or total medical service through government is not the answer. Capitalism with regulation and rule is the best mix for our country. The Medicare, Medicaid, and Veterans Care programs provide many needed benefits to people who would otherwise not get care. But even these almost total government programs have GREED problems. Oversight YES, but total government takeover NO.
rg9rts October 26th, 2015 at 11:36
Capitalistic medical care doesn’t work…the greed factor is always there …and there is no competition… its monkey see monkey do as far as rates go ..
The Original Just Me October 26th, 2015 at 12:15
It is very true that there is NO regard for cost factoring when it comes to pricing. This is where we need government oversight.
Glen October 26th, 2015 at 12:08
Actually, here in Australia, we have a single-payer health care system, and also have both private hospitals and private health insurance as options. The two concepts are not mutually exclusive.
But then, far be it for an American to ever look at how other countries handle things. :P
The Original Just Me October 26th, 2015 at 12:18
The American system keeps saying that it is the costs of research and development that drives prices so high. Yet Australia is where a large part of the discoveries are being made in the medical field.
frostbitblue October 26th, 2015 at 17:51
Sure, if they lower federal taxes 10%. Tired of paying for all these BS wars and military nonsense.
CandideThirtythree October 26th, 2015 at 18:05
Hubby made the right call when he went to Colorado and bought property there a year and a half ago! I can’t wait until the house is finished, then Bobby Jindal can have this 3rd world state he has created!