Health Care
Health care reform is essential for containing cost and expanding access. This can be accomplished without raising taxes or stripping $100's of billions out of the Medicare system in order to start a new entitlement program. We should allow small businesses to band together for the purchase of health insurance and promote price competition by allowing consumers to purchase health insurance across state lines forcing competition among insurance companies. We should also provide tax incentives for individuals to purchase their own health insurance, and contain cost through medical malpractice reform.
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(Washington, D.C.) Today, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) and a dozen other Members of Congress filed a “friend of the court” brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to hear a legal challenge to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)created by the Affordable Care Act better known as Obamacare.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-CO) made the following statement after Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald requested an in-depth review of VA policies related to research of Gulf War illnesses:
Congressman Mike Coffman donates $1,136 after getting 1,136 “likes” for his ALS ice bucket challenge
Plenty of bold-face names in Colorado — from U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet* to House Speaker Mark Ferrandino — have taken the ALS icebucket challenge, which has raised more than $100 million to fight those suffering from ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The craze has swept the country.
(WASHINGTON, D.C.) – U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Aurora) received the Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award today from the National Association of Community Health Centers for his work supporting Community Health Centers at a National Health Center Week ceremony in Aurora at the Metro Community Health Providers Network (MCPN) – North Aurora Family Health Services Center.
“I’ve always been deeply impressed with MCPN and their growth over the years is a testament to their success in expanding access to health care for the underserved.”
A Colorado congressman who wants to see the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repealed, has introduced backup legislation to protect consumers with pre-existing conditions.
Rep. Mike Coffman (R) introduced a bill he calls the Guaranteed Health Coverage for Pre-Existing Conditions Act of 2014.
Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo. (6th CD), issued the following news release:
(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) introduced legislation today, Protecting Seniors’ Medicare Choices from Obamacare Act of 2014, to help protect the Medicare Advantage program from further cuts by reversing a section in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), better known as Obamacare, that expands Medicaid eligibility to cover prisoners in state and local correctional facilities and, in part, pays for it by reducing the resources available for Medicare Advantage Plans for seniors.
(Washington, D.C.) Today, U.S.
(Washington, D.C.) Today, the former Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Jim Nicholson, in a letter to the American Legion, endorsed H.R. 3593, the VA Construction Assistance Act of 2013. The bipartisan legislation was sponsored by U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO,) the Chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee for Oversight and Investigations (O&I) and the subcommittee’s lead Democrat, U.S.