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 The proposition, called Amendment 69, would have created one of the
most dramatic overhauls to a public healthcare system in U.S.
history.
Colorado's 9News reported that the amendment was defeated on Tuesday
night, after early results showed an overwhelming defeat.
Dubbed ColoradoCare, the program would have been funded largely
through a new 10 percent payroll tax increase intended to raise $25
billion in 2019, the first year the program could launch, according
to the Colorado Health Institute.
ColoradoCare was intended to greatly reduce the number of uninsured
residents in the state, but opponents feared the tax hike and
sweeping changes to public policy would ripple through the state’s
economy.
James Merilatt, 43, an unaffiliated voter who supported Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s election, said
he opposed the single-payer healthcare measure.
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“It’s way too complicated and would have opened up a Pandora’s Box,”
said Merilatt, who works in the publishing industry.
(Reporting by Robin Respaut; Additional reporting by Keith Coffman
in Denver; Editing by Bill Trott and Jonathan Oatis)
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