| Amendment 63 would move Colorado
backward, Post editorial says |
General
The Denver Post: State colleges to say how they'll
address student affordability
The state's higher education
institutions are expected to submit plans by Friday showing how
they will continue providing access to low- and middle-income
students even as tuition climbs.
Also: Pueblo Chieftain: Colleges to unveil
latest tuition hikes
Health
care
Denver Post editorial: No on 63: Amendment obstructs
health reform
The measure could limit Colorado's
ability to implement health care reform while allowing costs to
continue rising.
Craig Daily Press: Hospital board
updated on potential impacts of health care reform
First, (The Memorial Hospital) may
face an influx of newly insured patients and a shortage of
providers to deal with that increase. Second, beginning in 2013,
the hospital will begin dealing with "value-based purchasing
issues." That means a certain percentage of insurance payments to
hospitals will be withheld until the hospital can prove there were
positive outcomes for those procedures. Third, Medicare is reaching
insolvency.
Associated Press via Greeley
Tribune: Colo. medical groups
sue over anesthesia change
Doctors are trying to stop a new
state policy allowing advanced-practice nurses to administer
anesthesia without a doctor's supervision.
Fiscal
policy
Colorado Springs Gazette
editorial: Say 'no' to 60, 61
& 101
The problem with 60, 61 and 101 is
the fact they go beyond traditional measures to keep government in
check. A web site of charts and data promoting the measures,
COtaxreforms.com, puts to rest any idea these are simple
one-sentence ideas. The ballot wording is simple enough, but the
wide-ranging consequences might be dire for state and local
governments.
Aurora Sentinel: Dips in revenue
leaving many local trafficways in worst condition in
years
Cracks, potholes and shoddy pavement
are trademarks of many roads across the state, and studies show
they've never been in worse condition than they are
now.
Greeley Tribune editorial: More Weld kids are
living in poverty
Weld County is getting poorer. U.S.
Census figures released this week show that the overall number of
people in Weld County living in poverty increased to 16.3 percent
in 2009, up from 12.5 percent in 2000. |
