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Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system
Colorado voters will decide next year whether this state should be the first to pay for comprehensive health care for residents (snip)
Residents would choose their own health care providers, but ColoradoCare would pay the bills. (snip)
Miller, a psychologist and author of a book on health-care reform, contends that if the initiative passes, residents will gain premium health care coverage for $5 billion less than they pay now. ColoradoCare would slash administrative costs of private insurance and negotiate bulk rates for pharmaceuticals. (snip)
The coverage would extend to “anybody who earns income and lives in Colorado,” he said.
To pay for state coverage, employers would pay 6.67 percent in payroll taxes and employees would kick in 3.33 percent, for a total of 10 percent of the payroll. Self-employed people would pay 10 percent of their net income. People who qualify for existing federal health programs could continue to receive the same benefits.
It’s time we get the insurance industry out of the driver’s seat and put families in charge of their health care.” (yes)
Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system
Its about time we bypass insurance companies, we do not need them. Ever look at your bills and see how much they actually pay, so much less. Take a hike insurance companies, and yes the state can do something about med costs.
Curious to see how this works out if voted in.
Colorado voters will decide next year whether this state should be the first to pay for comprehensive health care for residents (snip)
Residents would choose their own health care providers, but ColoradoCare would pay the bills. (snip)
Miller, a psychologist and author of a book on health-care reform, contends that if the initiative passes, residents will gain premium health care coverage for $5 billion less than they pay now. ColoradoCare would slash administrative costs of private insurance and negotiate bulk rates for pharmaceuticals. (snip)
The coverage would extend to “anybody who earns income and lives in Colorado,” he said.
To pay for state coverage, employers would pay 6.67 percent in payroll taxes and employees would kick in 3.33 percent, for a total of 10 percent of the payroll. Self-employed people would pay 10 percent of their net income. People who qualify for existing federal health programs could continue to receive the same benefits.
It’s time we get the insurance industry out of the driver’s seat and put families in charge of their health care.” (yes)
Colorado to vote on single-payer state health-care system
Its about time we bypass insurance companies, we do not need them. Ever look at your bills and see how much they actually pay, so much less. Take a hike insurance companies, and yes the state can do something about med costs.
Curious to see how this works out if voted in.
