That’s why lawmakers should pass the Analyze Statewide Publicly Financed Health Care Act. It will give Coloradans the evidence they need to decide whether to adopt a single-payer system.
Bill Semple
Bill Semple, of Boulder, is chairman of the Colorado Foundation for Universal Health Care.
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Opinion: A ballot proposal for single-payer health care
We have an epidemic market failure in how we pay for our health care. Per person, we spend almost twice as much for health care compared to peer countries with universal health care systems, yet we have poorer outcomes, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Despite the United States having some of […]
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Opinion: Colorado should vote on a publicly funded, privately delivered health care system
We can cover all of our health care needs, spend less, and have better care. Getting there requires the gumption to make a simple, but fundamental change to how we pay for health care. Little steps won’t get us there. Shining a light on the way, on September 1, the Colorado Health Care Cost Savings […]