Stephan: In my opinion the most important thing going on in any state election is going on in Colorado. Corporate media doesn't cover it, so you may not even know it is happening. I am speaking here of Amendment 69 to create universal single payer health care in the state.
Having discovered that the world did not end when marijuana was legalized, Coloradans thought let's break another myth and do single payer healthcare. Make sure every person in the state participates in universal public healthcare.
This excellent article describes the issues, and it also details how the Rightists who profit so massively from our current Illness Profit System, are doing everything they can to stop it. Because if it succeeds in one state it will spread, even if there is no federal level change. Or if Red Value states do not change. If Colorado can pass Amendment 69, and it can be shown a single state can do this, I predict it will quickly spread through all the Blue value states. It will become a major factor in the Great Schism Trend.
Why do I say this? Because when you put the politics aside, and just make policy on the basis of data single payer -- an improved medicare for all basically -- democratically overseen government run healthcare is always cheaper, more effective, and more efficient. Are failure to acknowledge that is the reason why we pay more than any other country in the world, by a significant margin, yet have such lousy outcomes in so many areas of healthcare. If Colorado passes Single payer and it goes into operation, just as with marijuana legalization it will soon be seen as the superior model.
If you live in Colorado do what you can to make this happen. If you live aside of Colorado make a donation to the groups listed in the report.
The Colorado State Capitol in Denver, Colorado Credit: Jason Miller
Colorado’s efforts to become the first state to pass a public, universal health care system are facing stiff opposition from right-wing organizations, many of which are funded by or affiliated with brothers Charles and David Koch.
As expected, these moneyed interests are doing everything they can to stop the state from amending its constitution with a ballot referendum, Amendment 69, which would implement a statewide version of “single-payer” health care. If approved, ColoradoCare would cover every resident, regardless of employment or ability to pay. In October, organizers submitted enough signatures to put the amendment on the ballot. The vote will take place on Election Day this year.
If the opposition groups succeed, they would not only be depriving Colorado of universal health care, but also would be serving another destructive blow to single-payer activists across the country. The single-payer movement saw a similar effort in Vermont […]
Profit has no place in healthcare.