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KRDO’s journalism exposes what happens when private health insurance companies invade Medicare for profit.

Bart Bedsole

July 23rd 2024




Every one of the almost 363,000 people who live in Larimer County should have access to comprehensive, quality health care including vision, hearing, dental, and mental health services according to a Resolution of the Larimer County Board of Commissioners Supporting Improved Medicare for All as the State or National Health System passed Tuesday. On May… Read More »Larimer County passes Resolution for Improved Medicare for All

Sara Wright

May 23rd 2023


America boasts of having the most technologically advanced health care delivery system in the world and yet this technology remains unaffordable for many. As cities and towns continue to address the issues of the homeless, they place affordable housing at the center but neglect the connection between health care and homelessness.

Susan States

April 27th 2023


Every Longmont resident should have access to comprehensive, quality health care including vision, hearing, dental, and mental health services, City Council members affirmed Tuesday, April 25 by passing a Resolution by the Longmont City Council Endorsing Improved Medicare for All as the State or National Health System. With the councilā€™s unanimous vote, Longmont joins a growing… Read More »Longmont City Council passes resolution for Improved Medicare for All

Sara Wright

April 26th 2023


by Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News and Holly K. Hacker December 13, 2022 In April 2016, government auditors asked a Blue Cross Medicare Advantage health plan in Minnesota to turn over medical records of patients treated by a podiatry practice whose owner had been indicted for fraud. Medicare had paid the Blue Cross plan more… Read More »How Medicare Advantage Plans Dodged Auditors and Overcharged Taxpayers by Millions

Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News and Holly K. Hacker

January 30th 2023


The Denver City Council on Monday passed a Proclamation Endorsing Improved Medicare for All as the State or National Health System.  Joining almost 100 US cities including Fort Collins, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Milwaukie, Tucson, Seattle, Minneapolis, and the Town of Jamestown, Colo., the Denver Council took this action to stand for the wellbeing of everyone… Read More »Denver passes Proclamation for Improved Medicare for All!

Sara Wright

October 25th 2022



Almost half of Americans are saddled with medical debt, and many aren’t sure they’ll ever pay it back.

Contributor

July 5th 2022