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Who exactly voted down that single-payer resolution?

News outlets across Colorado Monday published a four-sentence AP story reporting that "Colorado lawmakers" rejected a resolution urging Congress to pass a single-payer health...

Colorado Dems champion health care public option, debate funding

AURORA — At a health-reform town hall gathering this weekend that brought together six members of the Colorado delegation to the nation's capital, Democrats, including Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet, said that health care costs would continue to skyrocket unless insurance companies were subject to anti-trust regulation and to competition from a national non-profit government-insurance option.

Dem leaders look to ‘win the docs’

With the nation’s insurers having dropped their support for the health reforms moving through Congress, Senate Democrats are taking daring steps to rally the backing of another powerful medical lobby: doctors.

Bennet on health reform offers calm and steady in a storm...

Only Sen. Michael Bennet can deliver a full-contact well-supported muscular line on health care like "The status quo is eating people alive all across...

Dem. Grayson apologizes for health reform remarks after GOP uproar

Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent, the Colorado Independent's sister site, has been following the saga of Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.), who incited a...

Tweet of the Week: Obama is NOT the GOD of State...

Like many of us, State Sen. Dave Schultheis, R-Colorado Springs, shares his daily reading with his followers on the Twitter. This week the lawmaker...

State Sen. Morgan Carroll posts health reform survey

State Senator Morgan Carroll, D-Aurora, is asking voters to voice their preference on health care options. Whether for, against, or simply confused, voters may...

New ‘Public Option Scorecard’ tracks Senate stances

The Washington Independent today launched a "Public Option Scoreboard" that tracks the stances of U.S. senators on health reform. The feature will be updated...

Talk-radio’s Boyles broadcasting from D.C. anti-illegal immigrant rally

KHOW talk-show host Peter Boyles is in Washington this week taking part in an anti-illegal immigration "lobby days" hosted by Federation for Immigration...

Polis: Wilson outburst boosted momentum for health-reform plan

Outside a noon pro-immigration prayer vigil on Capitol Hill, Colorado's Second District Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Polis said that South Carolina Rep. Joe Wilson’s...
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