Report: Colorado single-payer system too pricey

Published August 8, 2016 5:42pm ET



If Colorado voters choose to set up a single-payer healthcare system, it would run out of money in just over a year, a new independent analysis found.

In November, voters will choose whether to adopt a constitutional amendment to create a system of universal healthcare coverage. However, the new taxes to pay for the system wouldn’t be able to outpace rising healthcare costs, according to the independent Colorado Health Institute.

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