Proponents, opponents consider single-payer healthcare plan during debate (Colorado)

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Proponents, opponents consider single-payer healthcare plan during debate

By Teresa RistowSunday, June 26, 2016

Steamboat Springs — Opposing sides took the stage last week at Strings Pavilion to debate the merits of a proposed single-payer state healthcare system.

Voters will decide in November whether to approve Amendment 69, which would separate Colorado from the Affordable Care Act and make it the first state to pay for comprehensive healthcare for residents through a program called ColoradoCare.

Employees and employers would together pay 10 percent of payroll costs to the state, which would then provide coverage through ColoradoCare, eliminating the role of private insurance companies.

Proponents of the plan say that, under ColoradoCare, more people would be insured, most would end up paying less for insurance and overall healthcare costs will go down billions of dollars...

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http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2016/jun/26/proponents-opponents-consider-single-payer-healthc/

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1. Sounds nice, but what about those that are not "employees", like the unemployed and indigent"

Taxes will have to be increased on everybody, including those least able to pay. The state will have to set up a healthcare reimbursement system, and that will require thousands of employees processing claims. Not saying it isn't the way to go, but it is not a simple path to get there.