New Colorado Law Calls for Studying Single-Payer Health Care
- Gov. Jared Polis signed two health care bills on Wednesday in Colorado, including one mandating a study of a single-payer system.
- This legislation follows previous attempts, including the rejected Amendment 69 about 10 years ago, aiming to explore universal health care feasibility.
- The law directs a public health institution in Colorado to develop a report outlining model legislation for universal health care, with the analysis funded through grants and donations and scheduled for completion by the end of 2026.
- Polis highlighted that the emergency care protections law will reassure Coloradans that they will have access to emergency medical services regardless of national developments, while also emphasizing the need to pursue broader health care improvements beyond just ensuring coverage in emergency situations.
- The bills may initiate a path toward universal health care while maintaining private care delivery and address eroding federal protections and abortion rights safeguards.
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New Colorado law calls for studying single-payer health care
(The Center Square) – Colorado will soon be studying model legislation to potentially implement a single-payer health care system.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
DENVER — Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a pair of health care bills that will enshrine federal protections for emergency care in state law and potentially start Colorado down the path of universal health care.

Gov. Jared Polis signs laws ordering universal health care study, emergency abortion protections
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday signed a pair of health care bills that will enshrine federal protections for emergency care in state law and potentially start Colorado down the path of universal health care. The emergency protections law will give Coloradans confidence that they’ll receive emergency care, no matter what’s happening at the national level, Polis said during the afternoon ceremony. But, in signing the bill ordering a study of univer…
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