Campaign Cost of ColoradoCare

Written By Zoë Rom

Another hotly contested item on this week's Colorado ballot is Amendment 69, widely referred to as ColoradoCare. This amendment to the state constitution would implement a state-wide, single payer healthcare system based on funds derived from a 10% income tax. A 21-member board would govern the administration of ColoradoCare,  who's members would vote for candidates to serve on the co-op's board and decide whether taxes should be increased to provide additional funding to the program.

Almost $5 million has been raised in contributions to the  opposition and support committees, making this yet another expensive campaign on this Tuesday's ballot. See where these expenses are coming from, as well as other cost breakdowns of the campaign for Amendment 69. 

Zoë Rom

Zoë Rom is a science and environmental journalist with bylines in The New York Times, Outside, and High Country News. She co-hosts Your Diet Sucks, an evidence-based nutrition and wellness podcast, with registered dietitian Kylee Van Horn, RDN, where they investigate how wellness culture distorts science and how athletes can do better. A Colorado-based ultrarunner, she finished second at the Leadville Trail 100 and top five at Run Rabbit Run 100. Her reporting and commentary focus on the intersection of sport, science, and the wellness industry's long history of selling women their own anxieties.

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