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Senate approves study of universal healthcare payment models after amendment to limit state spending
Summary
The Senate passed SB45 on Feb. 19 to commission a Colorado‑specific analysis of multiple statewide health‑care payment models, with funding to come from gifts, grants, and donations and an amendment to avoid a direct general‑fund appropriation for database access.
The Colorado Senate on Feb. 19 approved SB45, a bill directing the Colorado School of Public Health to analyze multiple statewide health‑care payment models, including public and private financing options, and to submit a report to the General Assembly. Sponsors described the bill as authorizing a study — not creating a new delivery system.
Senator Marchman, the bill sponsor, emphasized that SB45 is a research and analysis bill: “This is a study, not a policy change,” she told colleagues, noting the analysis will compare multiple financing…
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