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Hickenlooper comments on health care process show some of disconnect between parties
DENVER – Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper’s bipartisan push to block congressional Republicans’ efforts to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act reached a fever pitch Tuesday morning at a news conference he held with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, just hours before the Senate majority announced it would delay a vote on its version of the health care bill because it didn’t have the votes to bring it to the floor.
There was some question about whether Hickenlooper and Colorado’s Republican senator, Cory Gardner, had even talked about the bill earlier Tuesday after Hickenlooper made comments hinting that they hadn’t talked at a National Press Club news conference Tuesday morning. Continue reading
Federal prosecutors appeal Uzbek terror suspect’s imminent release in Colorado
DENVER – U.S. Justice Department prosecutors on Monday appealed the granting of bail to Uzbek terrorism suspect Jamshid Muhtorov, and his release was postponed Monday to later this week in order to give the court more time to be sure that his home is an acceptable place for him to stay while he awaits trial on a terrorism charge.
U.S. District Court of Colorado Judge John Kane on Friday ordered Muhtorov released from custody while he awaits trial, and set a hearing for today to determine what Muhtorov’s terms and conditions of release would be. Continue reading
CBO: Senate healthcare bill leaves 22M fewer insured by 2026, but more deficit-friendly than House’s
DENVER – The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) says the Senate’s health care bill will leave 22 million people who currently have insurance under the Affordable Care Act without it over the next 10 years—a slight improvement on the 23 million people who would lose insurance under the House version of the bill scored in May.
But the CBO estimates that 15 million people will lose insurance next year alone when compared to those insured under the Affordable Care Act. The CBO estimated 14 million people would lose insurance in 2018 under the House version of the bill. Continue reading
Masterpiece Cakeshop owner says he’s lost 40% of business, welcomes SCOTUS hearing
DENVER – The owner of the Masterpiece Cakeshop, whose case involving his denial to make a cake for a gay couple was taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday after being declined nearly a dozen times, says the lower court’s decision, which will now be argued in front of the nation’s highest court, has caused him to lose business and that he’s received threats.
Jack Phillips spoke with his attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative group that took up his case, after the Supreme Court decided it would hear oral arguments in his case sometime later this year. Continue reading
Uzbek terrorism suspect Jamshid Muhtorov ordered to be released from Colorado custody after 5+ years
DENVER – A federal judge in Denver on Friday ordered the release of a refugee from Uzbekistan first jailed in 2012 on suspicions he was providing support to an Islamic jihadist group overseas, and who has yet to face a trial on the charges.
Jamshid Muhtorov will remain in U.S. Marshals custody until U.S. District Court of Colorado Judge John Kane determines at a Monday afternoon hearing what his conditions and terms of release will be. Continue reading
After being laid off from job and years ahead of schedule, a Colorado woman stood atop the world
DENVER – Sometimes the biggest accomplishments in life happen by chance.
For 45-year-old Wendy Gustin, of Golden, it was a bad break in her career that led to her standing atop the world, both figuratively and literally, and fulfilling a decade-long dream years before she ever planned to. Continue reading
Cory Gardner taking ‘first’ look at health care bill he helped create; Dems slam bill and process
DENVER – U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner said Thursday that he was taking his first look at the Senate’s version of the replacement for the Affordable Care Act, which he helped craft, and that the bill “deserves serious debate, not knee-jerk reaction.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell released the 142-page discussion draft of the Senate’s health care bill, which they have dubbed the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, Thursday morning after weeks of anticipation and fervor over what has so far been a secretive process without any open committee hearings. Continue reading
No insurance companies will pull out of Colorado health exchange in 2018, state says
DENVER – All of the insurance companies operating on Colorado’s health exchange will be back next year, quelling fears that 14 western Colorado counties would be left without insurers and that market competition would be further stymied in the state.
“The carriers that offered plans on the exchange this year filed plans to do so next year,” Rebecca Laurie, communications director for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies confirmed to Denver7 Wednesday. Continue reading
Gardner calls for full embargo, travel ban on ‘terror sponsor’ N. Korea after ‘murder’ of American
DENVER – The U.S. should consider an absolute embargo and travel ban on North Korea after the “murder” of Otto Warmbier, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., said Wednesday.
Gardner has been one of the leading voices in the Senate over the past year in pushing for sanctions against North Korea and its leader, Kim Jong Un, who last month called Gardner a “psychopath” in response to Gardner saying that Kim was a “madman.” Continue reading
Full transcript: Blair Miller interview with Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., on Senate health care bill 06/21/2017
FULL TRANSCRIPT (Link to story here)
INTERVIEW: DENVER7’S BLAIR MILLER AND SEN. CORY GARDNER (R-CO)
SUBJECT: SENATE HEALTH CARE BILL AND OTTO WARMBIER
DATE: JUNE 21, 2017 10 A.M. MT Continue reading