Gorman: Incentives matter; a primer on evaluating health care proposals
The political landscape teems with people anxious to remake US health care by creating “new health infrastructures.” Given the many, many, types of health care arrangements already in existence around...
View ArticleGorman: Amendment B leaves property owners without tax protections
Colorado has over 4,500 active local governments that collect property taxes. Every single one of them wants more money. So do the interest groups that get money from those governments. Passing...
View ArticleGorman: House Bill 1269 next step in state control of health care
The next step in closing the escape hatches from Colorado’s government mandate health coverage prison is House Bill 22-1269. A mean-spirited bill, it requires that health sharing groups operating in...
View ArticleGorman: Don’t fall for the Proposition HH sham
It’s a deal only a government could love: If Proposition HH passes, the owner of a $500,000 house might enjoy a $185 reduction in property taxes next year. In return, he would give up over $5,000 in...
View ArticleGorman: Colorado House Bill 1075 a looming health care debacle
Why do people in government refuse to listen when voters say no? This year’s House Bill 24-1075 would require the Colorado School of Public Health to “research and deliver” model legislation for a...
View ArticleGorman: Colorado House Bill 1005 a recipe for higher health care costs
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposed price and product controls on insurance coverage. This in turn reduced plan choice, more than doubled unsubsidized premiums, ballooned deductibles, pared down...
View ArticleGorman: Colorado Senate Bill 22 keeps cigarette smugglers employed
As usual, government never knows when to quit. Supporters of Colorado Senate Bill 24-022 may think they are protecting people from tobacco. What they are really doing is giving county governments the...
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