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CPR: Approved but unfunded study on universal health care in Colorado finds financial support

Proponents of universal health care say they’ve raised the money needed to pay for a study about whether it’s doable, and what the tradeoffs might be, in Colorado.

In May, the governor signed a law to have the Colorado School of Public Health analyze the potential impacts on stakeholders of legislation for a single-payer universal health care system.

But already some groups are speaking out against the study. When lawmakers passed and Gov. Jared Polis signed the bill to examine the idea, the Colorado Chamber of Commerce issued a press release saying it opposed the legislation. It argued the commissioned report is intended to have a “predetermined outcome.”

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