Posts tagged with hospital provider fee

Last Updated: Jun 12 2018 · 7:42 p.m.

Denver Health on Bannock in Lincoln Park. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Medicaid cuts in Republican health care bill could cost Colorado $15 billion over 10 years, analysis finds

"How is Colorado going to respond to these very heavy Medicaid cuts? It's probably going to be something that could even define the next governor's term."

No-voters District 25 Rep. Timothy Leonard and District 38 Rep. Susan Beckman converse while yes-voter District 26 Rep. Diane Mitsch Bush speaks at the mic during a hearing on Senate Bill 17-267, Sustainability Of Rural Colorado, on the last day of the legislative session, May 10, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Here’s what Colorado lawmakers’ grand bargain on hospitals, roads, pot taxes and more would do

Most called it a compromise, one lawmaker called it a casserole -- and it's on its way the governor's desk, by a 49-16 vote in the House.

The Colorado State Capitol, March 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Would you like a sea plane and a high-capacity gun magazine with your hospital and roads funding?

It's off to the House. By a vote of 25-10, SB17-267, the bill to reclassify the hospital provider fee passed the state Senate Monday morning.

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The Colorado State Senate, March 15, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Colorado lawmakers’ grand compromise to save hospitals just might make it to the finish line

Sen. Lucia Guzman called it the most important bill of this session. Sen. Kevin Lundberg called it "one of the worst pieces of legislation I've seen."

District 1 Senator Jerry Sonnenberg laughs as he hands a toy tractor, a fixture on his desk, to the family of Senate President Kevin Grantham. The first day of the Colorado state legislative session. Jan 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Time is getting short as Colorado lawmakers point fingers over elusive hospital provider fee deal

"I've just been handed a note," he said. "There's no deal."

The Capitol seen from Luis Benitez's office in the state Outdoor Recreation Industry Oddice. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Legislature erupts into shouts and accusations over negotiations on major bills

“Yes for today:” Wary support moves bill that would reshape the Colorado budget toward its next big fight

The Senate Finance Committee signed off on a bill that would reclassify the hospital provider fee, but members barely touched on the most contentious part.

District 1 Senator Jerry Sonnenberg. The first day of the Colorado state legislative session. Jan 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Colorado lawmakers playing chicken on bill to fund Colorado hospitals

A bill that would restore funding for hospitals in exchange for cuts to future budgets is "dead" if Democrats balk at those cuts, the bill's Republican author said.

Denver Health on Bannock in Lincoln Park. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

Survey: Even Republican voters support changing the hospital provider fee – once they understand it

Newly-elected Speaker of the House Crisanta Duran on the first day of the Colorado state legislative session. Jan 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Speaker Duran says Colorado legislators have a choice on the budget: “Ideology” or “problem-solving”

Democrats support a proposal to make the hospital provider fee an enterprise fund, but they won't go along with a reduction to the TABOR revenue cap.

Faced with a Colorado budget that makes deep cuts to hospitals, some lawmakers are ready for a change

Republican state Sen. Jerry Sonnenberg has introduced a bill to do something Democrats have wanted and most Republicans have resisted for several years now.

BI recognized New Belgium Brewery not for its beer, but for its environmental practices and employee satisfaction. (Courtesey of New Belgium)

Craft beer and toy robots put Colorado entrepreneurs on BI’s ‘Creators’ list

When Business Insider released their list of 100 visionary entrepreneurs, Colorado made the list. Twice.

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