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Friday, 13 April 2007 |
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In bill before legislature, the docs deserve to win Rocky Mountain News Editorial 4/13/07 The Colorado Physicians Insurance Companies (COPIC) and the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association aren't often on the same page. But they do agree on one point: COPIC - the nonprofit, doctor-run medical malpractice carrier - plays hardball. We don't think that's a problem. In fact, the forceful tactics COPIC employs in defending its members against lawsuits probably lowers the cost of practicing medicine in the state. That cuts the medical bills of all patients. But COPIC drives trial lawyers crazy. The insurer is more likely to defend its clients in court than its competitors, and more likely to win. So it pays less in settlement costs than other providers. |
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Tuesday, 10 April 2007 |
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Why fiddle with small-group coverage before next year? Rocky Mountain News Editorial
4/10/07 Out there somewhere is the Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform, hammering out various proposals that would change, maybe even improve, the way care is delivered in Colorado. It's supposed to produce its recommendations by year's end, in time for consideration by the 2008 legislature. So why is the 2007 legislature debating major health-care overhauls independently in a rush-rush manner late in the session, when there's not enough time to analyze them? |
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Thursday, 05 April 2007 |
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Mental-health bill will hike insurance costs Rocky Mountain News Editorial 4/5/07 The cost of health care insurance keeps rising faster than the rate of inflation. Is that because, at least in some part, lawmakers require that more and more conditions be covered instead of letting consumers choose? You bet. And mandates are coming our way again in Senate Bill 36, which is scheduled for action this morning in the Senate Appropriations Committee. |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
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Representative Ken Summers, R-Lakewood, has introduced a bill to make it easy and simple to deduct out-of-pocket health care costs from state income taxes. Currently, filers need to itemize each expense that they wish to deduct – Republicans propose making it a simple, line-item deduction for out-of-pocket health care expenses. This easy step will help low-income families who can't afford to pay for professional tax filing assistance get the deductions they need to make health care more affordable. Read the bill here. |
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Tuesday, 20 February 2007 |
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Before we consider any expansion of our state’s budget-straining Medicaid program, it is important we find out just how accountable the program is with the money it already spends. Senator Shawn Mitchell introduced a bill for a top-to-bottom, annual Medicaid audit – arguably, the most comprehensive ever. We need to stop those who abuse the system, and prevent them from sticking taxpayers and working families with the bill. Unfortunately, the bill has been killed on a strict, party-line vote in committee. |
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