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Michael Bennet on Election Night 2016 at the downtown Denver Westin. (Chloe Aiello/Denverite)

U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is introducing a public option health care fix with a rural focus

"Medicare-X" would let people buy into Medicare plans and provider networks and would be rolled out first in counties with one or no insurance providers.

Jordan Sibayan leads the crowd around the building that contains Sen. Cory Gardner's office. An ADAPT protest against yet another healthcare bill in Washington that could strip Medicaid coverage. Skyline Park, July 27, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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There was high drama on the Senate floor, but Cory Gardner stuck by his party in health care vote

Michael Bennet was a no and Cory Gardner a yes on the Republican's last, best chance to repeal Obamacare in the near term.

A cutout of Cory Gardner is reflected in a casket as it circles the building containing his office. An ADAPT protest against yet another healthcare bill in Washington that could strip Medicaid coverage. Skyline Park, July 27, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Disabled protesters circle Sen. Cory Gardner’s office as senators prepare for a third healthcare vote

Today activists carried a coffin around Sen. Gardner's office, hoping to convey their fears of any Affordable Care Act repeal.

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Senator Cory Gardner speaks at the Western Conservative Summit, July 21, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Sen. Cory Gardner votes to allow Senate debate on health care

Senate Republicans took a step forward in their efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, voting Tuesday afternoon to allow debate on health care legislation.

Steven Haas asks a question. U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman holds his first town hall meeting of the Trump administration, April 12, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Rep. Mike Coffman thinks Republicans need to scale back health care plan – for now

Coffman suggests his fellow Republicans stop trying to address so many issues in one bill and break the effort up into pieces.

Kalyn Heffernan poses for a portrait. A sit-in at Senator Cory Gardner's office opposing a Republican healthcare plan, June 28, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Gardner protesters released from jail after 30 hours, vow to keep fighting

Everyone was free to go home a little before 4 a.m., bringing an end -- though only for now -- to an effort to convince Cory Gardner to stand against his party's health care plan.

Carrie Ann Lucas is the last protester led out of the building by police. She boarded an RTD bus that left with a patrol car as an escort.

Activist Carrie Ann Lucas told Denver police to Google how to use her wheelchair; now she’s charged with interference

She was charged with interference with a police officer along with the trespassing citations issued to nine others arrested in Sen. Gardner's office.

Senator Cory Gardner introduces U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman as the victor at the 2016 GOP watch party at the Double Tree Hotel in Greenwood Village on Nov. 8, 2016. (Jessica Taves/For Denverite)

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What Colorado lawmakers are saying about the Senate’s delay of the Republican health care bill

Koch chief says health care bill insufficiently conservative

A rally in support of Planned Parenthood at Skyline Park, Feb. 11, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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What Colorado lawmakers are saying about the Senate draft health care bill

Colorado Democrats roundly condemned the bill, while Cory Gardner suggested that criticism now is based as much on partisanship as on substance.

US Congressional candidate Mike Coffman waits to speak at the American Legion Depaerment of Colorado in Lowry. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Coffman’s not giving up on replacing Obamacare, says Republicans have to keep their promise

Just before the U.S. House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on the American Health Care Act on Friday afternoon, the bill was pulled due a lack of support.

Congresswoman Diana DeGette speaks at a Small Business Saturday event. Nov. 26, 2016. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette: Republicans are “holding hands and jumping off a cliff” with health care bill

Back in Denver after a 27-hour marathon committee meeting, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette said she is "mystified" that Republicans are pushing forward with Obamacare replacement.

Senator Cory Gardner watch as U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman greets the crowd as the victor at the 2016 GOP watch party at the Double Tree Hotel in Greenwood Village on Nov. 8, 2016. (Jessica Taves/For Denverite)

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Sen. Cory Gardner is holding a telephone town hall Wednesday night

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman addresses the crowd as the victor at the 2016 GOP watch party at the Double Tree Hotel in Greenwood Village on Nov. 8, 2016. (Jessica Taves/For Denverite)

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U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman on Obamacare replacement: “All in all … I like what we’re doing”

U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said the Republican replacement for the Affordable Care Act represents "major entitlement reform" in its changes to Medicaid.

Sen. Cory Gardner: ACA replacement doesn’t do enough to protect people covered by Medicaid expansion

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner joined three other Republican senators Monday in signing a letter expressing concerns about the Republicans' draft health care plan.

Michelle Klermund and an American flag during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act, Feb. 25, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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LOOK: Protesters gather in support of the Affordable Care Act

The action comes after a draft of a GOP Obamacare replacement program was obtained by Politico this week.

The Protect Our Muslim Neighbors Rally at Civic Center Park, Feb. 4, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Denver’s Saturday protest: Protect the ACA

The weekend's coming up, and that means protests.

U.S. Representative Mike Coffman. The Martin Luther King Jr. Marade, Jan. 16, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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Rep. Mike Coffman promises no ACA repeal without a replacement — and he wants to hear from constituents about what is and isn’t working

Coffman has taken a lot of grief for not meeting with constituents concerned about the repeal of the Affordable Care Act.

A Colorado Senate Finance Committee meeting about a bill that would end the state's healthcare marketplace. Feb. 7, 2017. (Kevin J. Beaty/Denverite)

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This bill to repeal Colorado’s health care exchange has nothing and everything to do with Obamacare

Republican-sponsored Senate Bill 3 would get rid of Connect for Care Colorado and send customers to the federal exchange, which has an uncertain future.

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

As ACA enrollment surges in Colorado, Republicans move to kill the state’s Connect for Health exchange

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