Colorado Capitol To Be Retooled, Renamed "United Healthcare Colorado Governance Complex"
| By Sean Shealy - Jan 22nd, 2008 at 2:07 am EST |
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Categories: Economic Fairness & Security, Effective & Ethical Government, Affordable Healthcare, Consumer and Worker Protection, Media Accountability, Corporate Accountability / Workers' Rights, Budget Priorities, Reproductive Rights
Categories: Economic Fairness & Security, Effective & Ethical Government, Affordable Healthcare, Consumer and Worker Protection, Media Accountability, Corporate Accountability / Workers' Rights, Budget Priorities, Reproductive Rights
In 9 days, the Colorado legislature will receive the recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission On Healthcare.
The word is that they will be recommending mandates, forcing Coloradoans to buy insurance, and heavily fining those who cannot afford the cost of coverage. Benefits would be capped, meaning that while you pay for insurance premiums, you'll also have to pay out-of-pocket for medical services exceeding the bare-bones coverage.
This could be devastating to our health care.
On Tuesday, January 22, at 6:30 PM, we will be holding an event at the Mercury Cafe featuring medical professionals (including a prominent doctor and RN's), and updates on state and national efforts to institute real universal, single-payer health care. A showing of Michael Moore's SiCKO will cap the evening, and live music will be provided by "Us."
Please make plans to attend this event, and bring a friend or two.
We will be organizing toward joining Health Care for All Colorado's "Storm the Capitol" protest, to be held on the west steps of the state capitol at noon on January 31.
Without all of us lending a hand, this insurance-extortion legislation will likely pass. You, and your family, cannot afford to let that happen.
Yours In Service,
Sean Shealy
For more info, go to: http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org.[/.
The word is that they will be recommending mandates, forcing Coloradoans to buy insurance, and heavily fining those who cannot afford the cost of coverage. Benefits would be capped, meaning that while you pay for insurance premiums, you'll also have to pay out-of-pocket for medical services exceeding the bare-bones coverage.
This could be devastating to our health care.
On Tuesday, January 22, at 6:30 PM, we will be holding an event at the Mercury Cafe featuring medical professionals (including a prominent doctor and RN's), and updates on state and national efforts to institute real universal, single-payer health care. A showing of Michael Moore's SiCKO will cap the evening, and live music will be provided by "Us."
Please make plans to attend this event, and bring a friend or two.
We will be organizing toward joining Health Care for All Colorado's "Storm the Capitol" protest, to be held on the west steps of the state capitol at noon on January 31.
Without all of us lending a hand, this insurance-extortion legislation will likely pass. You, and your family, cannot afford to let that happen.
Yours In Service,
Sean Shealy
For more info, go to: http://www.healthcareforallcolorado.org.[/.
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Legislative scams to relieve taxpayers of hard earned dollars in return for little or no benefit is as bad as grifters moving through neighborhoods selling home repairs that never get done, except these leeches can get their money directly deducted from your paycheck... just like tax withholding. And a lot of taxpayers, because of the lack coverage in the mainstream press, probably won't notice until it appears on their pay stub under deductions.
That this vote is occurring on a work day when many voters can't contact the babysitter from their jobsite much less a legislator is a real shame. Just as in the Chinese curse: we live in interesting times.
forcing Coloradoans to buy insurance, and
fines for those who cannot afford it...
and voters also have to pay out-of-pocket for medical services exceeding
the bare-bones coverage.
Sounds like a disaster at the polls..
the voters will be angry. They will see this as a gift to the health care industry.
I think this problem needs to be solved at the Federal level otherwise the blow back for Ritter and the legislature will be significant. I think I heard that Kucinich has a pretty good plan.
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