Governor Bill Ritter recently announced a new healthcare proposal that he says will provide health insurance to an additional 100,000 people in Colorado. The Healthcare Affordability Act would increase a fee hospitals currently pay. Bente Birkeland discusses the topic of healthcare with capitol reporters as part of our weekly capitol conversation series.
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