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Rally Held At State Capitol Over Affordable Care Act, Insurance Exchange
DENVER (CBS4) – A crowd gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday in favor of keeping the Affordable Care Act and the Connect for Health Colorado insurance exchange. Lawmakers had planned to take up...
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Former House Speaker Predicts ‘Obamacare’ Won’t Be Repealed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker John Boehner predicted on Thursday that a full repeal and replacement of “Obamacare” is “not going to happen.” The Ohio Republican, who was forced out by...
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Rally Held To Support Affordable Care Act In Denver
DENVER (CBS4) – Hundreds rallied at Civic Center Park on Saturday in support of the Affordable Care Act. Demonstrators say the program has helped millions of Americans get access to health care....
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Coffman ‘Encouraged’ By Trump For First Time Since Inauguration
WASHINGTON (CBS4) – During last year’s election cycle Republican Rep. Mike Coffman ran ads for his Colorado re-election campaign stating he would stand up against Republican presidential nominee Donald...
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House GOP Releases Bill Replacing Obama Health Care Overhaul
WARETOWN, N.J. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur promised a packed and mostly civil town hall meeting that he would review his party’s Affordable Care Act repeal-and-replacement plan but said...
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Sen. Gardner Among Republicans Concerned About New Health Care Plan
DENVER (CBS4)– Senator Cory Gardner is among some Republicans expressing concern about the new health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare. Republicans released their version on...
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Sen. Gardner To Hold Telephone Town Hall Wednesday Evening
DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner is among four Republican senators raising concerns about the party’s health care replacement plan. The group says the plan lacks needed flexibility for...
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Protesters Of New Health Care Plan Stage ‘Die In’
By Rick Sallinger DENVER (CBS4) – The health care insurance plan being labeled by some as “Trumpcare” is being scrutinized and criticized. Outside the office of Colorado U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman...
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Future Of Health Care Dominates Gardner Telephone Town Hall
DENVER (CBS4) – Sen. Cory Gardner is among a small group of Republican lawmakers who are not ready to support his party’s proposed plan to replace the Affordable Care Act. He expressed his concerns...
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‘Bad From Start To Finish’: DeGette Describes GOP Health Care Plan
DENVER (CBS4)– Rep. Diana DeGette, a Democrat representing Denver in Congress, is among many who are disappointed with the new GOP plan to replace Pres. Obama’s Affordable Care Act. “This bill is so...
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Hickenlooper: Republican Health Care Plan Could Cost Colorado $1 Billion
DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper claims a Republican plan to overhaul health care will cost Colorado around $1 billion. Under Obamacare, 30 states — including Colorado — expanded Medicaid...
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Colorado Heads Into Budget Season With Big Health Questions
DENVER (AP) — Colorado officials are scrambling to figure out what may happen to the $5 billion or so the state gets from the federal government each year to cover Medicaid. A proposed health care...
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Family Concerned Republican Health Care Plan Could Wipe Them Out
DENVER (CBS4) – The first Congressional test for the Republican health care bill comes on Thursday. A vote is scheduled in the House of Representatives. A CBS News tally has 29 Republicans saying they...
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A Winner In GOP Plans To Repeal Obamacare: Tanning Salons
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) – As Republicans try to shore up support for their health care overhaul, one group can’t wait for the replacement: owners of tanning salons. President Barack Obama’s...
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Protests To Health Care Changes Target Colorado Congressional Members
By Shawn Chitnis DENVER (CBS4)– Supporters of the Affordable Care Act protested outside the office of Republican Sen. Cory Gardner Thursday with balloons and signs on the seven-year anniversary of...
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Colorado Patient Advocates: Pay Close Attention To Health Care Debate
By Shawn Chitnis DENVER (CBS4) – Policy and patient advocates across Colorado say the failure of Republicans in Congress to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is a sign that health care will...
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Repeal Or Spare? Pressure Is On Mike Coffman And Other Moderates Over Health...
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo. (AP) — Moderate Republicans face intense pressure on their party’s latest attempt to scrap Democrat Barack Obama’s health care law — from President Donald Trump, House GOP...
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House Votes To Pass AHCA, Repeal Obamacare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Relieved Republicans muscled their health care bill through the House Thursday, taking their biggest step toward dismantling the Obama health care overhaul since Donald Trump took...
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Coffman Breaks With Party Ranks With Health Care Vote
DENVER (CBS4) – Rep. Mike Coffman voted against the latest version of the American Health Care Act on Thursday. Rep. Mike Coffman takes the stage during the Colorado Republican Election Night party at...
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Trump Celebrates Health Vote Win With Jubilant Republicans
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is celebrating the passage of the House Republican health care bill, saying he is confident it will get through the Senate. Flanked by Republican lawmakers in...
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Colorado Lawmakers React To New Health Care Bill
DENVER (CBS4) – Republicans are celebrating the passage of a new health care bill through the House, but their fight to repeal and replace Obamacare is far from over. The American Health Care Act now...
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Idaho Congressman: “Nobody Dies Because They Don’t Have Access To Health Care”
LEWISTON, Idaho (CBS4) – An Idaho Congressman provoked a strong response from his audience Friday night after saying “nobody dies” for lack of health care access. Republican Rep. Raul Labrador was...
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Colorado Planned Parenthood Clinics On Chopping Block
PARKER, Colo. (CBS4) – Two Planned Parenthood clinics in Colorado will close soon. The locations in Parker and Longmont will shut down by the end of the summer. Planned Parenthood says Obamacare has...
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Coloradans Protesting Obamacare Repeal: ‘Why Do I Need To Suffer?’
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – Colorado’s U.S. Senator Cory Gardner is playing a key role in drafting a Republican healthcare bill. Gardner is among a group of senators who had lunch with President...
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Senate Health Care Bill Could Have Big Impact On Colorado
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – The health care bill released by Republican leadership in the U.S. Senate could have a big impact in Colorado, where a quarter of the state is covered by Medicaid. U.S....
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GOP Governors To Party’s Senators: Do No Harm To Health Care
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The pressure is on Republican senators — from congressional leaders, conservative groups and impatient GOP voters — to fulfill a seven-year-old promise to scrap much of...
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‘Make Sure Medicaid Is Sustainable’: Sen. Gardner On Health Care Bill
DENVER (CBS4)– Sen. Cory Gardner is talking about some of the details in the revised version of the GOP health care bill. Gardner talked with CBS4 Political Specialist Shaun Boyd on Wednesday about the...
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Preliminary Colorado Numbers Show Big Health Insurance Rate Increases
By Jeff Todd DENVER (CBS4) – Health insurance rates could increase by the highest amount in Colorado since the individual marketplace opened under Obamacare. (credit: CBS) Friday the Division of...
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Some Feel Snubbed Trump Not At Conservative Summit
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – The largest gathering of conservatives outside of Washington, D.C. is in Denver this weekend. The Western Conservative Summit is hosted by Colorado Christian University’s...
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Gardner: Coloradans Want Solution To Failing Health Care System
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4)– Colorado Republican U.S. Senator Cory Gardner says the vote on the Senate floor on Tuesday was a vote to work toward solutions to what he calls a failing health care...
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Bennet Reacts To Skinny Repeal Defeat
WASHINGTON, D.C. – One day after the typically reserved Colorado Democratic Senator Michael Bennet unleashed on the Senate floor about the GOP so-called “skinny repeal” he is talking about the defeat...
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Rally To Protest Changes In Healthcare
DENVER (CBS4) – Denver residents rallied against changes to the current healthcare system. Attendees celebrated a vote in the Senate that rejected a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act....
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Hickenlooper Joins Other Governors In Rejecting GOP Health Care Bill
DENVER (CBS4)– Gov. John Hickenlooper joined nine other governors in urging senators to reject the latest Republican health care proposal to reveal Obamacare or the Affordable Care Act. He says the...
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Gardner Hasn’t Made Up Mind On GOP Health Care Proposal
DENVER (CBS4)– U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican representing Colorado, says he hasn’t made up his mind on the latest proposal by Republicans to repeal and replace Obamacare. Gardner told CBS4 that,...
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‘I Hope We Can Work Together’: Gardner On Health Care
DENVER (CBS4)– Sen. Cory Gardner talked about the new GOP health care proposal and the NFL during an interview on the CBS show “Face the Nation.” The Republican senator talked about a wide range of...
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‘We Are Relieved’: Hickenlooper Reacts To Latest GOP Health Care Failure
DENVER (CBS4) – Gov. John Hickenlooper issued a statement in response to Senate leadership’s decision to pull the Graham-Cassidy bill, the latest measure by the Republican party to repeal the...
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RNC Chairwoman Visits Denver Amid Health Care Fight
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – The Chair of the Republican National Committee says President Trump’s commitment to repeal and replace Obamacare is one of the reasons the RNC is seeing record fundraising...
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Denver Teacher Sues President Trump Over New Contraceptives Rules
By Rick Sallinger DENVER (CBS4) – A school teacher in Denver is suing President Trump and members of his cabinet over contraceptives. Under the new rules made to the Affordable Care Act, employers and...
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Senators Reach Deal On Resuming Payments To Health Insurers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Key senators reached a breakthrough deal Tuesday on resuming federal payments to health insurers that President Donald Trump has blocked. Insurers had warned that unless the money is...
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‘Breakthrough’ Reached On Short Term Health Care Fix
By Shaun Boyd DENVER (CBS4) – Two key senators say they’ve reached a breakthrough deal on a short term health care fix. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of...
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‘People Shouldn’t Be Afraid’: Gardner On Trump Policy
Editor’s Note: CBS4 asked Sen. Cory Gardner’s office for evidence of out-of-state paid protesters calling the office. Read CBS4’s report about his response. DENVER (CBS4) – Coloradans are flooding the...
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