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Legislators often say they can’t wave a magic wand and make money appear. Savvy budget experts, though, know that Colorado legislators do have the policy equivalent of a magic wand. A $600 million magic wand. It’s called the Hospital Provider Fee.
Health care legislation continues to move through the Capitol, but most of the action for the next few weeks will involve the budget.
The Joint Budget Committee is meeting all week to finalize the budget for fiscal year 2015-16, which soon will command most of the time at the legislature. But several other health bills have been moving through the Capitol.
Issues raised in the King vs. Burwell case could lead to yet another lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, according to members of the panel assembled by the Colorado Health Institute for last week's Brews and Views event.
We’re past the halfway point of the 2015 legislative session, which means the pressure is on to move bills forward. The budget discussion is nearing, as the Joint Budget Committee continues its figure-setting work in an attempt to introduce the Long Bill in the Senate on March 23.
Legislators, in an effort to help seniors age at home as long as possible, have advanced a bill that would provide income tax credits to help offset the cost of upgrading their houses. However, it faces looming questions, especially about its cost.
A measure of bipartisan support emerged this week for Gov. Hickenlooper’s request to fund a program that provides contraceptives to low-income women and teenagers.
The telehealth bill is maintaining momentum. It passed the Senate on second reading tjhis morning, putting it on track to be the first significant piece of health care legislation to pass during the 2015 session.
Telehealth allows doctors to move at the speed of light, seeing patients all across our far-flung state at the touch of a button. A telehealth measure, House Bill 1029, isn’t exactly moving at light speed, but in legislative terms, it’s flying fast.
Alice Rivlin, a public policy icon and still the smartest person in the room at 83, talked about Obamacare from a unique perspective last week at AcademyHealth’s annual National Health Policy Conference.