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Marilyn Musgrave: authorization vs. approval

Letters to the Editor

From the week of February 28, 2002

Letters to the Editor

From the week of April 10, 2003

Pop Quiz

November 27, 2003
Biggest Turkeys Ever!

Identity Crisis

Having your Social Security number stolen makes for a taxing situation.

Dying for Dollars

The nursing home industry is earning healthy profits. But its clients may be paying the price.

Letters

The nursing home industry is earning healthy profits. But its clients may be paying the price.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of June 22, 2006

Switch Hitter

Attorney Jay Reinan made his name defending nursing homes. Now he's out to expose them.

Racines

Sex shows demand adult beverages.

Off Limits

Better late than never

Smoke Detector

Anne Landman has dedicated her life to being a pain in the ash. Will it make a difference come election time?

In Sickness and in Wealth

Medicaid patients could be facing death by a thousand cuts.

Good Vibrations

Competion is stiff in the sex-toy business. But Kevin Larson comes prepared.

The Strange Case of Dr. Schmidt

He worked wonders with chronic-pain patients. So why was the university so eager to get rid of him?

Old-Age Wisdom

The state told Virginia Fraser to shut up, but she won't give up on the elderly.

A Dying Wish

Peggy Quinn wanted to make death easier on the terminally ill, but she's made life hard on everyone else.

Mind Games

The squeeze in managed mental-health care is choking patients and providers alike.

Germ Warfare

Holding the phone with Ask-A-Nurse.

Doctor's Orders

Physician Karl Shipman devoted his life to medicine. But when he needed it most, the health-care system let him down.

Home Improvement

A relatives' council works to make changes at a Denver nursing home.

Dottie Lamm

The Better Half

Captive Audience

Roll out the gurneys! Hospitals fight for the right to treat prisoners.

Trouble at McHospital

Shock waves at the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain reach Denver.

Roll On, Columbia

The nation's largest for-profit hospital chain is out to flatten its Denver competition. It's already reshaped the world of local health care.

Mental Anguish

Rescuing the mentally ill has brought millions to the Mental Health Corporation of Denver--as well as complaints of coercion, mismanagement and neglect.

Letters

Rescuing the mentally ill has brought millions to the Mental Health Corporation of Denver--as well as complaints of coercion, mismanagement and neglect.

WHAT A WAY TO START A CENTURY!

Rescuing the mentally ill has brought millions to the Mental Health Corporation of Denver--as well as complaints of coercion, mismanagement and neglect.

LETTERS

Rescuing the mentally ill has brought millions to the Mental Health Corporation of Denver--as well as complaints of coercion, mismanagement and neglect.

THE SICK BILL

A COMPARISON OF TWO HOSPITAL BILLS SHOWS HOW COST-SHIFTING CAN KNEECAP CUSTOMERS.

From the week of June 11, 2009

A COMPARISON OF TWO HOSPITAL BILLS SHOWS HOW COST-SHIFTING CAN KNEECAP CUSTOMERS.

The ideal healthcare system is in... Grand Junction?

What St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction will look like after completing its "Century Project." In a report about efforts to control healthcare costs broadcast on National Public Radio this morning, Len Nichols, of the New America Foundation, an organization lobbying for reform in a wide array of ... More >>

Colorado's share of Pfizer drug-marketing settlement a drop in the bucket

John Suthers.​Colorado is set to receive more than $3.5 million from drug leviathan Pfizer in relation to two separate settlements. According to the office of Colorado Attorney General John Suthers, the largest of the two deals is related to allegations that the company "improperly marketed fo ... More >>

Kent Lambert named taxpayers' king

Kent Lambert.​The Colorado Union of Taxpayers' acronym -- CUT -- indicates where its members stand on the question of taxation. While the Taxpayers Bill of Rights (TABOR) has been attacked by plenty of lawmakers, CUT president Marty Neilson credits it with "protecting Colorado from the real bu ... More >>

Jane Norton's introduction not too mavericky

Earlier this week, ex-Congressman Tom Tancredo said former Colorado Lieutenant Governor Jane Norton, then on the cusp of formally announcing her candidacy for the U.S. Senate, wasn't "ready for prime time" and was only running because she'd been urged to do so by Arizona Senator John McCain. Since ... More >>

John McCain Medicare-scare robocalls target Michael Bennet

At least he's not saying healthcare reform mirrors the North Vietnamese approach...​Yesterday, an amendment sponsored by Colorado Senator Michael Bennet guaranteeing no Medicare benefit takeaways because of healthcare reform passed 100-0. Among those voting for it: Arizona's John McCain, who's ... More >>

Single payer health care rally for Obama visit: The concept is better for everyone except those getting rich off current, broken system, organizer says

Dr. Margaret Flowers will speak at the rally.​President Barack Obama's visit to Denver today is prompting more spectacles than just a medical marijuana protest featuring Sensible Colorado's Brian Vicente, which is scheduled to be underway at this writing. For instance, there's also "Rally 'Ro ... More >>

Tax day warning: U.S. Attorney will bust your ass if you file incomplete/inaccurate returns

A Flickr photoForty-eight hours is about all you've got left...​April 15 -- the deadline for filing income-tax returns -- is just two days away. And in case your stress over that fact isn't already overwhelming, the U.S. Attorney's Office has a message: "It is important to file complete and ac ... More >>

Mike Fallon, Republican candidate in District 1, takes on Diana DeGette, seeks cure for Congress

Mike Fallon​It's the middle of the afternoon and Mike Fallon is at Pint's Pub. The Republican candidate for Colorado's 1st Congressional District wasn't driven to the bottle by the rigors of campaigning, however. Rather, he's holding the first in a series of town-hall meetings that will take ... More >>

Opas Sinprasong pleads guilty to running his Siamese Plate restaurants like slave ships

Daily CameraOpas Sinprasong.​When it came to taking advantage of his employees, Opas Sinprasong, who owned several Boulder-area Siamese Plate restaurants, appears to have been an expert. Sinprasong pleaded guilty to harboring illegal aliens and failing to pay taxes -- offenses likely to result ... More >>

Opas Sinprasong, Siamese Plate owner, pleads guilty to treating workers like slave labor

NaRaYa has replaced Siamese Plate on the Go​I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson's favorite restaurants in the world (and she's right -- too bad it's in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much ... More >>

Mexican Macro-economics

NaRaYa has replaced Siamese Plate on the Go​I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson's favorite restaurants in the world (and she's right -- too bad it's in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much ... More >>

Whose Dole Is It, Anyway?

NaRaYa has replaced Siamese Plate on the Go​I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson's favorite restaurants in the world (and she's right -- too bad it's in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much ... More >>

Reader claims that Mexico has a defective culture

NaRaYa has replaced Siamese Plate on the Go​I was at Lotus of Siam, one of Lori Midson's favorite restaurants in the world (and she's right -- too bad it's in Las Vegas), eating and catching up on my Westword reading, when I found this report by Michael Roberts on a Thai restaurant group much ... More >>

Reader: Tea Party types are wrong to think Social Security is a redistribution of wealth

​Our post about this past weekend's Tax Day Tea Party in Loveland turned into a lively forum for debate about whether this grassroots movement is a good thing or a bad thing. Here's a post from someone representing the latter point of view.

Koch brothers: Tea Party funders' meeting near Vail draws progressive protesters (PHOTOS)

Big pics below.​While William Koch was paying $2 million for a photo of Billy the Kid, his brothers, conservative lightning rods Charles and David, were meeting at the Ritz-Carlton resort at Bachelor Gulch near Vail -- a get-together that spurred a protest stirred up in part by ProgressNow Col ... More >>

Jared Polis has ideas for closing federal budget gap other than legalizing marijuana -- really

Jared Polis.​Although the so-called Gang of Six's proposal for averting debt-ceiling catastrophe is getting the lion's share of attention right now, Representative Jared Polis has floated some revenue-raising ideas of his own, which the media has largely winnowed down to this: Legalizing marij ... More >>

Joe Miklosi focusing on run for Congress against Mike Coffman -- not Andrew Romanoff

Joe Miklosi.​Colorado's 6th Congressional District has been a safe Republican enclave -- the sort of place likely to elect current Representative Mike Coffman for as long as he cares to serve in Congress. But a judge recently redrew lines to make the district more competitive, thereby giving a ... More >>