On this episode of the Common Sense Digest, we discuss the debate surrounding the proposed Colorado Public Option for Healthcare. Considering our healthcare system has never been tested the way it has during this unprecedented global pandemic, it’s worth considering and discussing in depth the likely impacts a public option for healthcare coverage would have on our system, our state budget, and our quality and access to healthcare services.
Joining our host, Chairman of Common Sense Policy Roundtable, Earl Wright, are Cameron Niakan with the consulting firm Guidehouse, who, along with CSPR Director of Policy and Research Chris Brown, have written an in-depth analysis of HB20-1349 in a report titled: “The Colorado Option Plan: Modeling the Impacts of Government Price Controls in Health Care.” Joining them is Dave Davia, CEO of Colorado Association of Mechanical and Plumbing Contractors and CSPR Board Member. Dave is very involved with many public policy matters, and in this particular discussion he brings a very valuable perspective as someone who manages a very large employer sponsored health plan offered across his 160 member companies.