jackie

Voted most likely to say what everyone else is thinking out loud. 🟦

[jackie @jackienw]

This is the best @KirkmeyerforGov take I’ve seen in a while.

[Ross Kaminsky @Rossputin]

I see a few people calling Barb Kirkmeyer a "RINO". Please note, RINO is not a synonym for "not as far right as I am" or "not as far right as I want her to be." She's very conservative. More conservative than I am. She's just not insane, and so many MAGA folks seem to prioritize lack of qualifications or lunacy as the characteristic most desired in their candidates.

[jackie @jackienw]

@JenniferSey I hope they all buy an @VailResorts Adaptive epic pass at an insane discount, you know, because we’re apparently all disabled now.

[jackie @jackienw]

This is a problem.

12 minutes for a voter survey is a long time to the average voter.
I guarantee your answers will be skewed because you’ll only get participation from people that love or hate this idea from the local school district. #copolitics #voter

[jackie @jackienw]

@JenniferSey It’s like the don’t know they’re going backwards…

[jackie @jackienw]

@Rossputin @pweiser He 💯 will. And we all know it.

[jackie @jackienw]

The most colorado picture. #redrocks

[jackie @jackienw]

This seems like a reasonable request.

[Kyle Clark @KyleClark]

Colorado elected officials and candidates, please provide your kill count. Don't make me chase you all down. That would take forever.

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[jackie @jackienw]

@polderfamily Stunning.

[jackie @jackienw]

@Rossputin Colorado republicans need to decide if that want a chance, albeit small, in the Gov’s race or if they want to grandstand and make up no ground at all.
It’s not want anyone wants, but it’s the political reality so either Rs decide they want to play, or sit back and get rolled.

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[jackie @jackienw]

I figured out why I like @mcuban in the healthcare space—people will take time to listen to what he has to say.

There’s no snap judgment. Everyone, on all sides, will wait to see what he has to say.

Imagine if we all did this, maybe we could get somewhere

[Mark Cuban @mcuban]

You aren't wrong that premiums are a healthcare tax, of which a too high percentage goes to the insurance conglomerates.

But you left out a lot of important information
1. Who would run M4A, and how would that person(s) be selected and how often? Right now the Sec of HHS has discretion over everything, and we appoint a new one every 4 to 8 years, or more.. The implications are obvious.

2. What is not covered ? Is every $4m therapy going to be covered ? Even when you negotiate, it won't be cheap. What about the most expensive life saving equipment? It's not like the feds are good at negotiating healthcare

3. Who gets paid less ? Doctors ? Nurses? Specialists?

4. You assume employers will pass along what they don't pay for their share of benefits, to the employee. Do you live in the USA ? This assumption is unfortunately laughable and nothing in an M4A bill can change that

5. Much of medicare/medicaid is run by outside companies. Many of whom are the very worst actors in the healthcare industry. How do you replace them all ? How many years do you think that will take ? or Do you expect them all to become good actors and do the right thing rather than try to maximize earnings?

6. Hospitals don't know what their procedures cost them to perform. They use derivative cost accounting like cost to charge ratios, or, only show Medicare Cost Reports, and basically just look at how much cash they have on their books. Which is one of the reasons they are able to say they don't make money from Care/Caid patients. I don't think many understand what the concept of margin contribution is. If they don't know what their costs are, and you don't know what the actual costs are, how are you going to be able to work from a budget to determine total costs ?

That said, Im for Universal Coverage. But till you know what it actually costs to deliver care in this country, its going to be near impossible to make work

How do other countries do it ? Most started on this 30 years or more ago. Pre MRI machines. Pre Cell and Gene Therapies. They were able to start at a time when healthcare was much simpler, and evolve, some successfully, some less so, from that point.

This is my opinion. If you disagree with any of it, happy to read it here

[jackie @jackienw]

@coloradoada13 Colorado: where Medicaid is the most comprehensive coverage provider.

[jackie @jackienw]

💯

[Jake Shapiro @Shapalicious]

best coach in the sport lives in your city....

[jackie @jackienw]

@mkhammer @JohnAshbrook He looks scared. 😆

[jackie @jackienw]

@KirkmeyerforGov I think there’s a whole group of us that all we needed to know is he went on Candace Owens.

There’s nothing else to say.

[jackie @jackienw]

@Rossputin I don’t know why I find this so funny. I can’t stop laughing. 😆

[jackie @jackienw]

It’s the little thing of maxing out the skill score on wordle after raving at red rocks the night before and not being in your twenties anymore. 😆

[jackie @jackienw]

@ESealoverDenver I’m pretty sure the lobby told them this, and they didn’t care because it simultaneously solved their immediate problem and also made it a future legislatures problem.

[jackie @jackienw]

@braves2430 Hot dish.