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Single Payer In Colorado? Learn From Vermont
Daily Caller ^ | October 26, 2015 | By Brian Joondeph

Posted on 10/26/2015 3:32:52 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee

Colorado took a brave, or perhaps foolish depending on your perspective, leap forward by legalizing recreational marijuana a few years ago. For the state’s encore, it may take a stab at a single-payer healthcare plan. Proponents of ColoradoCare collected 156,000 signatures, well in excess of what’s needed to create a ballot initiative for November 2016.

Such a plan would replace not only the Obamacare exchanges, but also commercial insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid. Everything would be wrapped into one state-run insurance plan. Proponents say it won’t be “government-run healthcare” but instead administered by an elected 21-member board. How exactly is an elected insurance board member different from an elected government official?

Money would be saved by “cutting down administrative costs.” Isn’t that what we are always told. But how would it be paid for? That’s easy, “With a 10 percent ‘premium tax’ on payrolls or other income.” So what would ColoradoCare cost? Almost $25 billion annually, the same as the current state budget. Since healthcare costs are already part of the existing budget, ColoradoCare wouldn’t exactly double the budget, but would come close. Hence the need for an additional 10 percent payroll “premium” tax, two thirds paid by the employer, one third paid by the employee. This is on top of existing federal and state taxes. Rocky Mountain high taxes. . .

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1 posted on 10/26/2015 3:32:52 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
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To: Brad from Tennessee

In my opinion this has no chance of passing.


2 posted on 10/26/2015 3:39:12 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

If it does, I am moving to Wyoming.


3 posted on 10/26/2015 3:41:38 PM PDT by taxcontrol ( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The way I understand it Colorado has the Tabor amendment which limits tax increases. How can this run around that?


4 posted on 10/26/2015 3:41:56 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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Single payer was an abject failure in Vermont. When is Sanders going to asked about this?

In short, if a liberal state electing a Socialist (US Senator Bernie Sanders) to Congress can’t or won’t put a single-payer system into place, then who will?
Costs derail Vermont’s dream of a single-payer health plan
5 posted on 10/26/2015 3:52:42 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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To: Vince Ferrer

Tax increases must be put to the voters. There aren’t limits per se as long as the voters approve the increase. The government loves to get around the “tax” voter requirement by calling items “fees”. I saw a lot of sheeple coming out of the local post office where the petitions were being signed. I sat reading my mail for 20 minutes with the window down, and not one person asked the petitioner how this would be paid for. They just signed away. I live in a predominantly “conservative” town. Sad that people felt so compelled to sign their name to something without even a pause.


6 posted on 10/26/2015 3:58:50 PM PDT by ebersole
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To: colorado tanker

If a majority votes for it, then they deserve what they get. Personally? I think the States should be allowed to experiment with this sort of stuff if the voters want it. I’d oppose it of course, but maybe a few failures will dissuade the rest of us from doing the same.

What I really oppose is violating the US Constitution to pull these socialist schemes on the entire United States.


7 posted on 10/26/2015 4:02:17 PM PDT by CitizenUSA (Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.)
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To: Vince Ferrer
"The way I understand it Colorado has the Tabor amendment which limits tax increases. How can this run around that?"

Any tax increase would have to be on the ballot, the voters have to directly approve. There's no way it would pass. And it isn't "Colorado" that's wanting to go to this system, it's 156,000 morons in Colorado who signed the petition to get it on the ballot (in other words, about 5% of eligible voters).

It's just Boulder people and a few nuts in Denver blowing smoke (haha, get it?)

8 posted on 10/26/2015 4:15:50 PM PDT by cookcounty ("I was a Democrat until I learned to count" --Maine Gov. Paul LePage)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

Somebody dropped an insanity virus into this nations water supply a few years ago and its working its magic.


9 posted on 10/26/2015 4:31:15 PM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: ebersole

At least it would stop people from moving here. It seems everyone I meet has lived here less than six months. So I guess there’s that.


10 posted on 10/26/2015 4:51:07 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: colorado tanker

You underestimate people’s willingness to go for “free.”

I see it passing due to the Santa Claus halo.

Every one likes “free stuff.”

If it doesn’t pass, I will be surprised.


11 posted on 10/26/2015 6:23:14 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Brad from Tennessee

The plan is this: get them all high by granting a “tax holiday” on Marijuana on Voting Day, then let them have their ballots.


12 posted on 10/26/2015 6:28:03 PM PDT by Lou L (Health "insurance" is NOT the same as health "care")
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To: cookcounty

That’s all it takes to get on a ballot? Democracy is nuts.


13 posted on 10/26/2015 6:45:45 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: Brad from Tennessee
Single Payer In Colorado?

What have they been smoking?

14 posted on 10/26/2015 8:10:00 PM PDT by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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To: colorado tanker

I don’t know. They have a ton of money in the state due to MJ. They probably could give huge refunds to every person living in Colorado from the budget surplus. I guess they’d rather do this.


15 posted on 10/26/2015 8:58:01 PM PDT by napscoordinator (Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
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To: Lou L

LOL!


16 posted on 10/27/2015 1:53:50 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee (A politician can't give you anything he hasn't first stolen from you.)
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