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CO Blue Ribbon Healthcare Commission

The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reform has five healthcare proposals they are considering to recommend to the Legislature in 2008. It is important that all citizens and businesses become familiar with the proposals and see how these ideas will potentially impact you. The website to view the proposals and the make-up of the Commission is http://www.colorado.gov. There will be a push in the 2008 session from some Democrats to pass Canadian-style Universal Healthcare (single-payer). Others may attempt to pass something that falls short of single-payer healthcare – but that will impose more mandates on the healthcare market driving up costs. There are some recommendations (as there was nationally) to expand healthcare dollars to middle-class kids from families that make $75,000 - $80,000 annually – thus putting more kids on government-run healthcare. There will be numerous proposals recommended and discussed next session. The Blue Ribbon website is updated regularly as proposals are modeled and refined. Stay posted through fall on the updates and dates the Commission will come to your community.