Ballot Measures

Amendment 69: State Healthcare System

November 8, 2016 Colorado General Election
Description:

Shall State Taxes Be Increased $25 Billion Annually In The First Full Fiscal Year, And By Such Amounts That Are Raised Thereafter, By An Amendment To The Colorado Constitution Establishing A Health Care Payment System To Fund Health Care For All Individuals Whose Primary Residence Is In Colorado, And, In Connection Therewith, Creating A Governmental Entity Called Coloradocare To Administer The Health Care Payment System; Providing For The Governance Of Coloradocare By An Interim Appointed Board Of Trustees Until An Elected Board Of Trustees Takes Responsibility; Exempting Coloradocare From The Taxpayer’s Bill Of Rights; Assessing An Initial Tax On The Total Payroll From Employers, Payroll Income From Employees, And Nonpayroll Income At Varying Rates; Increasing These Tax Rates When Coloradocare Begins Making Health Care Payments For Beneficiaries; Capping The Total Amount Of Income Subject To Taxation; Authorizing The Board To Increase The Taxes In Specified Circumstances Upon Approval Of The Members Of Coloradocare; Requiring Coloradocare To Contract With Health Care Providers To Pay For Specific Health Care Benefits; Transferring Administration Of The Medicaid And Children’s Basic Health Programs And All Other State And Federal Health Care Funds For Colorado To Coloradocare; Transferring Responsibility To Coloradocare For Medical Care That Would Otherwise Be Paid For By Workers’ Compensation Insurance; Requiring Coloradocare To Apply For A Waiver From The Affordable Care Act To Establish A Colorado Health Care Payment System; And Suspending The Operations Of The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange And Transferring Its Resources To Coloradocare?

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