‘A Better Option’: Colorado Readies Ballot Battle for Single-Payer Solution

"It's time we get the insurance industry out of the driver's seat and put families in charge of their healthcare."

By Deidre Fulton / CommonDreams Will Colorado be the first state in the nation to successfully implement a single-payer healthcare system? Voters in the Centennial State will decide next year, the secretary of state's office announced Monday, after confirming that proponents of universal coverage had gathered enough signatures to put the plan—dubbed 'ColoradoCare'—on the 2016 ballot.   [Read more...]