Trump’s battle with “Obamacare” moves to the courts
WASHINGTON — After losing in Congress, President Donald Trump is counting on the courts to kill off “Obamacare.” But some cases are going against him, and time is not on his side as he tries to score a...
View ArticleRampell: If the GOP built their ideal health-care system … it’d be Obamacare
Wanna know the reason Republicans have had so much trouble coming up with a “replacement” plan for Obamacare? Because if Republicans actually tried to devise a health care system that fulfilled both...
View ArticleMichael Bennet introduces Obamacare expansion in U.S. Senate
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet has introduced health care legislation to expand on the Affordable Care Act while stopping well short of Medicare-for-all plans gaining popularity in his party. Bennet, a...
View Article8 ways Colorado lawmakers want to make health care cheaper
It seems like every state senator and representative is trying to pass a health care bill this session. Republicans, Democrats and the new governor all put lowering medical costs toward the top of...
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Kalyn Heffernan: The rapper who’s “rolling” for Denver mayor
Kalyn Rose Heffernan’s political campaign is not a joke. But it kind of started that way. “Well, I did announce on April 1,” she said with a grin, sitting for an interview at Swift’s Breakfast House....
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Checkup Denver: Youth suicide, oil and gas pollution and other health news
Hello, Colorado! It’s been a tough two weeks covering health. Many of my stories lately have focused on teen suicides, which are on the rise across the state. It’s a topic The Denver Post cares about...
View ArticleRampell: The worst thing Barr did this week had nothing to do with the...
The worst thing that Attorney General William P. Barr did this week arguably had nothing to do with possible contempt of Congress or the Mueller report. It had to do with health care. On Wednesday,...
View ArticleScrap “Obamacare”? Maybe not all, says Trump administration
WASHINGTON — Scrap “Obamacare”? Well, maybe not all of it. The Trump administration is arguing in court that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down as unconstitutional. But at the same...
View ArticleMore LGBTQ Coloradans insured since passage of Affordable Care Act — but...
While more lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals have gained health insurance since the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act, a new report finds that they still face barriers in...
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Checkup Denver: Neighborhood worries about I-70 construction, DaVita medical...
Hello Colorado! This week I want to start the newsletter off by showing you a preview of a project The Denver Post has coming from one of our photojournalists, RJ Sangosti. RJ spent many months...
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Michael Bennet wants to be on the next presidential primary debate stage....
FORT DODGE, Iowa — Michael Bennet crusaded through small-town Iowa on his 100th day as a presidential candidate warning the few dozen people who would listen that America’s democracy is in grave...
View ArticleLetters: Strike puts teachers first; Health care cost shifting, again; In...
Strike puts teachers first Re: “Strikes reflect funding shortfalls, disrespect,” Oct. 15 news story Outrageous. As a community, as a people, as human beings we are disgraced by the few who we trust to...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Elizabeth Warren will have to raise taxes on the middle class
Elizabeth Warren “has a plan for that.” Except, that is, for financing Medicare for All. The Democratic presidential candidate has been taking heat for refusing to say whether she would raise taxes on...
View Article“Obamacare” tax repeal added to $1.4 trillion spending bill
WASHINGTON — Retired coal miners and longtime opponents of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans are eyeing big wins as top congressional leaders and the Trump White House close in on a deal on a...
View ArticleA U.S. appeals court says Obamacare individual mandate is invalid, more...
NEW ORLEANS — The “individual mandate” of former President Barack Obama’s health care law is invalid, but other parts of the law need further review, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2-1...
View ArticleLetters: The call for impeachment; Term limits, anyone?; Understanding...
The call for impeachment Re: “Trump should be impeached and removed from office,” Dec. 18 editorial What makes President Donald Trump so different in his actions than every president before him? Based on...
View ArticleGuest Commentary: Obamacare saved my life, now it’s on the brink of destruction
I know what waiting is like. After my stage 4 cancer diagnosis (Hodgkin’s lymphoma) in April 2017, I had six months of brutal poisoning of my body with chemotherapy to look forward to. If I survived,...
View ArticleChristian health cost sharing ministries offer no guarantees
Eight-year-old Blake Collie was at the swimming pool when he got a frightening headache. His parents rushed him to the emergency room only to learn he had a brain aneurysm. Blake spent nearly two...
View ArticleBouie: Progressives are the real pragmatists
When left-wing Democrats push for universal benefits and expansive new policies, they do so with a theory of politics in mind. It goes like this: The reason to fight for debt-free college or “Medicare...
View ArticleStephens: Lonely are the brave
To honor the memory of Kirk Douglas, who died this week at 103, I watched “Lonely Are the Brave” Thursday night. The 1962 classic is about a 20th century cowboy at mortal odds with modern life — a...
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