US EditionNew Colorado Law Calls for Studying Single-Payer Health Care
- Gov. Jared Polis signed Senate Bills 45 and 130 on Wednesday to advance health care reforms in Colorado.
- These bills respond to uncertainty and eroding protections in federal emergency care law and build on previous attempts to study a single-payer system.
- Senate Bill 45 requires a report on a universal, publicly funded health care model in Colorado, with a preliminary draft expected this summer and a comprehensive analysis to be submitted to lawmakers by 2026.
- Polis emphasized that the goal should extend beyond providing coverage solely for emergency room care, highlighting that the US spends twice as much on health care yet experiences worse outcomes compared to most other industrialized nations.
- The legislation could initiate Colorado’s path toward universal health care while protecting private health care delivery and ensuring emergency care access regardless of national changes.
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New Colorado law calls for studying single-payer health care
(The Center Square) – Colorado will soon be studying model legislation to potentially implement a single-payer health care system.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a pair of health care bills that will enshrine federal protections for emergency care in state law and potentially start Colorado down the path of universal health care.
The Fort Morgan Times
Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a pair of health care bills that will enshrine federal protections for emergency care in state law and potentially start Colorado down the path of universal health care. The emergency protections law will give Coloradans confidence that they’ll receive emergency care, no matter what’s happening at the national level, Polis said during the afternoon ceremony. But, in signing the bill ordering a study of univer…
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