By Electa Draper
The Denver Post
A group called ColoradoCare is petitioning for a 2016 ballot question, Initiative #20, to establish universal health coverage under a state-run single-payer system that would increase state taxes by $25 billion.
The ballot initiative seeks to establish a constitutional right to health care in Colorado.
The proposed system, which the state would create in 2017 under a provision of the Affordable Care Act called Section 1332, “innovation waivers,” would do away with the state health insurance exchange, Connect for Health Colorado, and private insurance carriers. However, the state would still receive federal assistance, including Medicare and Medicaid.
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