Apr 18, 2013
A recent study by FamiliesUSA found that 466,000 people in Colorado will qualify for federal subsidies relating to Obamacare next year. Of that population, 36% nationally are young adults aged 18-34 years old, which is virtually identical to the number of young...
Mar 20, 2013
When Obamacare became the law of the land, Obama’s promise was that it would reduce premiums for families by an average of $2,500 per year. In fact, according to Politifact, here are the words that came out of Obama’s mouth: “I will sign a universal...
Mar 18, 2013
Last week the Medicaid expansion bill, SB200, cleared its first hurdle. That was to be expected, with Democrats in charge of everything at the Capitol. The disquieting part was that a new Republican member of the Legislature, Senator Larry Crowder, voted for it....
Jan 4, 2013
Michael Bennet, the junior U.S. Senator who has leap frogged Mark Udall in the Senate’s power structure, is really getting the hang of this making-Mark-Udall-look-bad thing. With one no vote and one turse statement criticising a fiscal cliff fix that Udall and...
Dec 13, 2012
Last week, 18 Democratic U.S. Senators sent a letter to Sen. Harry Reid asking for a delay in the medical device tax due to go into effect in 2013, citing the importance of the industry to the U.S. economy. The medical device tax, a 2.3% federal tax on the price of...
