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In Denver debate, Planned Parenthood’s Richards looking to see women’s health tied to economy

By | 10.03.12 | 6:57 pm

DENVER– With the first presidential debate set to begin here at the University of Denver campus in a matter of minutes, Cecile Richards, national president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund, told the Colorado Independent she would like to see the candidates discuss some of the ways women’s access to health care is tied to the national economy and the financial prospects of the nation’s citizens.

Obama in Golden seeks to rev up swing-state campaign

By | 09.13.12 | 4:17 pm

GOLDEN– On his eighth trip to swing-state Colorado this election year, President Obama came to this scenic town in battleground Jefferson County to energize and recruit ground troops to help his campaign win the state’s nine electoral college votes, just as he did in 2008.

Sebelius announces Colorado community health grants totaling $3 million

By | 06.20.12 | 11:05 am

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced grants her agency would be awarding around the nation to expand community health centers. Colorado centers won $2,955,833.

Millions in federal money goes to abstinence and anti-abortion programs

By | 05.07.12 | 2:15 pm

To bring down the high chlamydia infections rate among Tennessee teenagers, an anti-abortion pregnancy center in Athens, Tenn., has proposed spending federal tax dollars on a life-sized version of the Game of Life.

Colorado nets $22 million in federal health care grants

By | 05.01.12 | 11:38 am

Today Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced $21,928,181 in grants awarded to community health centers in Colorado. The grants were funded by the Affordable Care Act.

Report: Ryan budget would cost Colorado billions in healthcare cuts

By | 04.12.12 | 10:09 am

A report issued Tuesday by healthcare advocacy group Families USA illustrates how the Ryan budget, passed recently in the U.S. House on a mostly partisan vote, could cost Colorado up to $36 billion over the next decade.

Obama expresses confidence that High Court will uphold health care reform

By | 04.03.12 | 12:38 pm

In a joint news conference with leaders from Canada and Mexico, President Obama told reporters he is “confident” the U.S. Supreme Court will not strike down the health care reform law, a move he said would be “an unprecedented [and] extraordinary step.”

An Obama campaign top priority: Chasing Colorado youth vote

By | 04.03.12 | 5:30 am

BOULDER– National leaders of the Obama reelection campaign recently told students gathered on the University of Colorado campus here that winning swing-state Colorado is among the highest priorities for the campaign and that youth voters are the linchpin in this year’s victory strategy.

Majority of Americans support Medicaid expansion under Affordable Care Act

By | 04.03.12 | 5:11 am

One of the most contentious parts of the 2010 health care reform law — a requirement that states expand their Medicaid programs — is supported by a strong majority of Americans, according to a recent poll.

Independence Institute on Obamacare: It’s not about the Commerce Clause

By | 03.26.12 | 11:49 am

The Independence Institute, a Denver-based free-market think tank that has lead the charge in Colorado against the Affordable Care Act, has filed what it is calling two “potentially game changing” briefs with the U.S. Supreme Court. The court this week is hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the two-year-old law.

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