Expanded access to health care a big part of Ritter's legacy
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Health care The Denver Post: Gov. Ritter's most lasting legacy could be expanding health care coverage Health care advocates credit the Ritter administration with doing more to expand public insurance rolls than any other governor since Colorado began participating in the federal Medicaid program four decades ago.
Pueblo Chieftain editorial: No dice In his 42-page ruling, Judge Henry Hudson in Virginia declared that ObamaCare's core enforcement mechanism - the individual mandate, which requires everyone to purchase health insurance or else pay a penalty - exceeds Congress's authority to regulate the lives of Americans.
Colorado News Agency: Lawmakers ponder trade-offs as federal funding rises for health care Colorado state lawmakers, eager for any good news on the fiscal front, are contemplating the silver lining-if there is one-in this year's Medicaid budget: federal dollars.
Glenwood Springs Post-Independent: Rifle vets nursing home in danger of closing The Colorado State Veterans Nursing Home in Rifle, which opened in 1987, reportedly is more than $2.8 million in the red and has annual expenses that far exceed its revenues, according to a newly released report by the Office of the State Auditor.
Fiscal policy Face the State commentary: How to pay the 'use taxes' you owe Here's the good news: We don't have to trundle on down to the Revenue Department ("Don't even think of parking near here") offices opposite the State Capitol to get the use-tax form anymore. We can print it right off its Web site.
Colorado Statesman: More cuts likely in 2011-12 budget Colorado's current and future governor may not have to come up with any more cuts to the 2010-11 state budget, but the 2011-12 budget is another matter.
Longmont Times-Call editorial: State government: Once it reaches 'elegance,' let's try to keep it that way Colorado's budget situation hasn't really changed. Economic circumstances have reduced income at a time when expenses brought on by the economic downturn have increased needs. Meanwhile, population has grown, roads have deteriorated, higher education has had to find ways to fund more of its own operations, prison populations have not decreased.
Jobs and economic security Steamboat Today editorial: A measured approach to our economy Some great options have been suggested, and we applaud the council for taking steps toward exploring them and treading carefully. Many will require careful thought.
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