In the News
Choosing between food and medicine
September 9, 2009
By: Diana DeGette
As the debate over health insurance reform intensifies across the country, 47 million people — roughly 800,000 Coloradans — are living without health coverage.
Choosing between food and medicine
September 9, 2009
Colo. Lawmakers Head To DC After Health Care Meetings
September 4, 2009
By: The Associated Press
ESTES PARK, Colo. -- The boos and cheers are quieting down for Colorado members of Congress who have spent the past month facing spirited crowds about proposals to overhaul health care.
DeGette: Public option or ‘robust alternative' will pass in House
September 4, 2009
By: Peter Marcus
Congresswoman Diana DeGette told her constituents yesterday that she can't see health care reform legislation passing out of the House without some element of a public option.
Proponents and opponents raised their issues during the Aug. 31discussion held by U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, at Englewood's Hampden Hall.
DeGette represents Colorado Congressional District 1, which includes about 600,000 people in a geographical area that includes all or parts of Denver, Englewood, Cherry Hills Village and Sheridan.
About 75 people attended the meeting that stretched almost 40 minutes longer than planned and people left with different opinions about the session.
Denver Health offers model of hope
August 26, 2009
By: Allison Sherry
There is a reason Max Baucus and a number of other senators can't stop ringing Dr. Patti Gabow's cellphone.
Denver Health offers model of hope
August 26, 2009
A Primer on the Details of Health Care Reform
August 10, 2009
By: Robert Pear and David M. Herszenhorn
U.S. food safety update overdue
August 3, 2009
By: The Denver Post
The nation's food safety system is broken, and it's been apparent for years.
U.S. food safety update overdue
August 3, 2009
House Committee Approves Health-Care Package
August 1, 2009
By: Paul Kane and Perry Bacon Jr.
Health Bill Clears Hurdle and Hints at Consensus
August 1, 2009
By: Robert Pear and David M. Herszenhorn
Health bill passes committee
August 1, 2009
By:David Espo and Erica Werner
WASHINGTON — In a triumph for President Barack Obama, Democrats narrowly pushed sweeping health care legislation through a key congressional committee Friday night and cleared the way for a September showdown in the House.