Taxpayers like you and I already pay for most pharmaceutical research through the National Institute of Health. The pharmaceutical companies do some research but much of their costs are associated with advertising, marketing and lobbying.
The State plan will allow the health care enterprise to negotiate drug prices with the pharmaceutical companies. Some elected officials have suggested price transparency through government regulation will control the cost of prescription drugs. However, transparency may not matter especially… Read More »How would this new state plan control the cost of prescription drugs?
That is unlikely because health care economists will calculate how much health care costs in Colorado now and will adjust the premiums to cover those costs with an inflation factor built in to the cost and therefore the premium each… Read More »What if there isn’t enough money collected from premiums to pay for all the needed care? What happens then?
Yes, some people who work for private commercial health insurance companies, for health care providers and hospitals will lose their jobs because fewer people will be needed to process claims. There will be a plan to pay for training for… Read More »Will people who work for private commercial insurance companies lose their jobs? Where will they work instead?
Yes, if your doctor continues to be licensed in Colorado. If your doctor retires of course you will need to find another doctor and with the Colorado Plan you will have free choice of doctors who practice in Colorado. You… Read More »If the ballot measure passes, will I be able to keep the doctor I have now?
It will not interfere however the coverage will be as good as or more comprehensive with the Colorado plan including hearing vision and dental care. There will be no incentive to delay approval for a procedure or deny payment for… Read More »How will the new proposal interfere with my Medicare coverage?
The Colorado plan would be designed to provide care where people live because it will be patient-centered not profit- centered. The current way of delivering health care is based on where the most money can be made which is in… Read More »I live in a rural area of Colorado without a hospital or even a physician. How will single payer proposal improve rural access?
Competition between the private commercial health insurance companies is not controlling health care costs. Competition is a free-market concept proposed by Adam Smith in 1778. Competition works to control costs for some services and products but not for health care.… Read More »Doesn’t competition between the private, commercial health insurance companies keep health care costs under control? How will a single payer plan allow competition to control the cost of health care?
No. Socialized medicine means health care providers are employed by the government like they are in Britain. The Colorado proposal means most physicians will remain in private practice. There ae some exceptions. Currently some physicians work for Federally Qualified Community… Read More »Are you proposing that Colorado socialize medicine?
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Canadians might wait to get a knee replaced but they never wait for care they urgently need. They never wait to get medical care when they are having a heart attack. In the U.S. you might get care in the… Read More »I heard Canadians have to wait for care that they want. Will I have to wait longer for the care I want than I wait now?