fbpx

Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!

Visit COLab
Home Tags Health Care Reform

Tag: Health Care Reform

Wiretap: Trump acknowledges he is under investigation in Russia probe

President Donald Trump acknowledged in an early-morning tweet Friday that he is under investigation as part of the inquiry in Russian influence in the election....

Obama lauds Obamacare ahead of Supreme Court decision

The Supreme Court is expected to hand down an Affordable Care Act decision this month that could cut the federal insurance subsidies of some 8...

Bill would allow employers to avoid covering anything they object to

The United States Senate today will vote on the Blunt Amendment, which makes the whole contraceptives controversy look like Sunday school.

Coloradans starting to see benefit of Health Care Reform

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the Affordable Care Act provided approximately 973,000 Colorado residents with at least one new free preventive service in 2011 through their private health insurance plans.

Americans unsure what health care reform means

President Barack Obama (Pic by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kevin S. O'Brien, via Wikimedia Commons) According to new polling, the majority of Americans do not have definite positions on a health care reform provision requiring everyone to have health insurance. The individual mandate, which is the main subject of Florida’s legal challenge to the law, is one of the measure’s more controversial sections.

Catholics pressure Obama on contraception coverage

With the final decision on whether the Obama administration will keep its original policy requiring health insurers to cover contraception without co-payments looming, women’s health advocates fear the president will capitulate to the demands of one of the biggest opponents to the policy: Catholic bishops.

Gardner, Lamborn, Coffman support litigation against Affordable Care Act

Colorado U.S. Reps. Cory Gardner, Doug Lamborn and Mike Coffman lent their names to a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday arguing that the Supreme Court should rule the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional.

Affordable Care Act popular with Latino voters

Latino voters support the Affordable Health Care Act, but do not support the mandate to purchase coverage, according to a poll released late last week..

VIDEO: Bachmann touts far-right candidacy: ‘Why settle for a moderate?’

As her hopes sink lower by the day, Michele Bachmann goes on The O'Reilly Factor to stake her claim that a "true conservative" can win it all.

VIDEO: Progressive group challenges GOP to stand up for life

A progressive health care advocacy group has released a new ad that questions the reaction of tea party members at a Florida presidential debate and wonders if the 2012 candidates will take a stand against such extremes.
Adjust Font Size