Tag: healthcare
The Indy Weekly Podcast: Why this lawyer would rather go to...
Longtime disability rights advocate Carrie Ann Lucas is a dedicated activist, but she usually avoids risking arrest — she is, after all, an attorney.
That...
Supporters await the release of disabled demonstrators jailed for occupying Cory...
UPDATE: The disabled demonstrators were released from jail early Saturday morning— the last one leaving at around 2 a.m., according to media reports. "The...
Disabled activists arrested during healthcare protest in Cory Gardner’s office
Police arrested 10 disability rights activists, many in wheelchairs, on Thursday after a 58-hour sit-in protest in Sen. Cory Gardner's Denver office.
The protest, which began Tuesday morning,...
What repealing Obamacare would mean for one rural Colorado hospital
San Luis Valley Health Regional Medical Center in Alamosa is a small hospital, with only 49 beds. But it is the only hospital within...
GOP Obamacare repeal bill passes House; Coffman is only Colorado GOP...
UPDATE: The bill passed. Here is the vote breakdown for Colorado's congressional delegation:
Coffman (R): No
Lamborn (R): Yes
Tipton (R): Yes
Buck (R): Yes
Polis (D): No
DeGette (D):...
Between Trump, Kochs and his constituents, Coffman was caught on a...
Colorado Republican Mike Coffman said early Friday that he supported the AHCA, the GOP’s plan in the U.S. House to repeal and replace Obamacare. By the...
Letter outlines how the AHCA would affect Coloradans with disabilities
A network of civil rights advocates is warning Coloradans how the healthcare bill being debated in Congress would play out for people with disabilities.
"We...
CBO analysis: 24 million would lose healthcare under GOP plan
The Congressional Budget Office's analysis of the Republican-proposed alternative to the Affordable Care Act estimates that 24 million Americans will lose healthcare coverage by 2026...
Fears of Obamacare repeal drive packed healthcare town hall
Hundreds of Coloradans fearful over losing their health insurance in the face of the Republican Obamacare replacement plan filled the gym of Denver’s West...
WATCH: Why they protest. Hundreds flood Sen. Cory Gardner’s office in...
Hundreds of protestors flocked outside the Denver office of Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner Tuesday.
"Shock event after shock event. We need to put a...