Tag: Health Care

How will newspapers survive? Maybe by finally coming out and admitting to the role reporters and editors have been sliding into for years now. In other words, Why sell journalism that targets the power elite when you can sell cozy access to the power elite, including of course high-profile reporters and editors? The sad news today is that the Washington Post has decided to begin charging lobbyists and executives a bundle to meet in congenial settings with media people and their lawmaker friends. As the Washington Post flier pitching the program puts it: "An evening with the right people can alter the debate." How true.

Josh "unannounced candidate for governor" Penry threw down the gauntlet Wednesday to fellow GOP officials, calling for an end to "flim-flam, mealy-mouthed Republicans." We must provide a "contrast" and not merely be an "echo chamber" for the Democrats if we're going to win in 2010, he said. What a speech! Except, aren't we now witnessing the humiliating fallout of the stridently partisan 1990s Republican Revolution?

Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet has staked his claim in the health care debate, stressing "patient-centered care" and making solid arguments based on programs he says are working in Colorado. But it's already campaign season on the ground in the state and Bennet's senate floor speeches aren't likely to ease doubts about his stump skills.

The first in a series of reports exploring the ramifications of this controversial state ballot measure. Hard-line, socially conservative activists are gearing up to enact...

Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) joined us today for a live 30-minute Q&A with Colorado Confidential readers. Rep. DeGette responded to your questions on the...

Join Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-Denver) for a live 30-minute Q&A on Friday, May 9 at 11 a.m. MDT with Colorado Confidential readers. DeGette will...

Where there's a will, there's a way - but when it comes to the will to reform health care in Colorado, there's a long...

Could a proposed initiative requiring businesses to pay for employee health insurance derail another proposed ballot measure that would make Colorado a "right to...

All want universal coverage, more emphasis on prevention. Payment and coverage details differ, however.Health care is rearing its Cerberus head in the second congressional...

Matt Foreman, head of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, rocked the American gay community when he said Friday that HIV is a...