Amendment 69

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I wish I could find the numbers of how many people work in the Heath Insurance Industry here in Colorado because if this passes every single one of them will be unemployed ... and that seems like a good angle to attack it from.

I bet it's more than 10,000 Coloradoans.

It is way more than that. I worked for two managed care companies locally here for years, and my wife still does.
I honestly don't know how they'd reconcile it with VA benefits, with CMS programs, with the ACA, with CHP, etc.
Yeah, Romneycare and all that, but this would be disastrous.

I honestly had manager level folks working for me who were so deep into the Koolaid and realized it meant their jobs...but liked it anyway.

[Bailey Guns]

I bet it's more than 10,000 Coloradoans.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics it was 191,350 in 2014.

[Zundfolge]

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics it was 191,350 in 2014.

You got a link for that ... I'd love to use that one as a bludgeon.

[Jefe's AR]

I grew up here and this isn't the politically purple state I grew up in.

This.

[Wiggity]

Lol CO already has a budget surplus. Not sure why you would raise taxes while having a surplus.


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[Bailey Guns]

You got a link for that ... I'd love to use that one as a bludgeon.

Here ya go: http://kff.org/other/state-indicator...re-employment/

And there you'll find links to the BLS website where you can get additional information and statistics.

[Zundfolge]

Thanks ... unfortunately that's all Health Care Employment, not Health Insurance (but maybe I can find that info on that site)

[Bailey Guns]

Sorry...reading comprehension problems on my end.

[Skip]

Like a lot of you, I may have to leave as well. A lot of the people I work with will have to leave too, some just don't know it yet.

Having a business and wrestling with the costs, healthcare the biggest among them, only makes sense when you can fix the liability and work harder to increase revenue hoping that trickles down to profit. This amendment ties costs to profit (as a %) where small business owners get to fork over 10%. Employed will pay too in stagnant wages, so there won't be a free lunch to be found (for most).

The best part... Employers will probably still have to make FICA payments. So just between FICA/SS and this, we will be pay 22.5% (IIRC). Add in Fed and state income taxes and most will be lucky to walk with 50%. None of that addresses the relatively higher cost of living in CO to include other taxes.

[jaitken0016]

I'm trying to find the bill's sponsor. Anyone have an idea?