Final push: Public-option support groups pressure Pelosi
In the eye of the health reform storm, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been backing away from the public health insurance option...
News biz tail-spinning toward a public option
A new Project for Excellence in Journalism Pew study confirms what we all know: Journalism is a labor-intensive skilled trade that no longer pays,...
Senate passes bill to expand coverage of maternity care and contraception
DENVER-- The Senate today sent legislation for the governor to sign into law that will require insurance companies here to include maternity coverage with...
Cable providers rot: A.G. releases 2009 list of Top Ten Consumer Complaints
Colorado consumers mostly complained about scam rebate offers and malfunctioning satellite and cable television in 2009, according to the Office of the Attorney General....
Pelosi draws heat for calling quits on public option
Just hours after Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., announced that he’d whip “aggressively” for the public option if the House includes it in its reconciliation...
Colorado Tibetans and Tea Partiers battle different ‘government takeovers’
DENVER-- As Tea Partiers at the capitol here Wednesday railed against Obama's "government takeover" of health care and met with legislative leaders to...
WellPoint protest signals shifting mood on rate-hike status quo
DENVER-- Protesters camped outside the offices of WellPoint insurance in Zeckendorf Plaza Park downtown here this week to call attention to recent rate hikes put into effect in January by the company and now shocking customers across the state who are receiving their bloated bills.
Plans of attack emerge as Obama considers immigration reform
WASHINGTON-- Pro-immigration reform advocates may be applauding President Obama’s immigration meetings at the White House today, but anti-immigration groups are pushing back hard. The meetings came in advance of a planned March 21 immigration reform rally on the mall and just as several anti-immigration groups have unveiled new campaigns and strategies to obstruct any coming “amnesty” legislation.
O’Keefe and Breitbart prep sting targeting Detroit Free Press
Writing at Wired, Noah Schactman reports an upcoming O'Keefe-Breitbart sting operation. This one targets an Obama tax credit program run through state offices of...
Colorado Republican senators argue against expanding maternity coverage
DENVER-- State Senate Republicans today opposed a bill that aims to require insurance companies to provide individual-market plans that include maternity and contraception coverage. The bill passed a second reading with the support of Senate Democrats, but Republicans said it would drive up insurance rates and swell the ranks of the uninsured. One senator made an anti-abortion argument against the bill and one argued against it for personal financial reasons.