I did do a sitdown interview with Senator Kirkmeyer. It just didn’t make national news because she doesn’t brag about killing people or claim there is a child sex ring in the Capitol.

Absolute transparency down to the general ledger level. I wanted everyone to see what it cost so people could help us get smarter. I wanted to compete on quality and price , focused on direct contracts. No insurance unless the carrier treated every claim as an invoice to be paid. Direct sales to companies 340b markups from cost, of only 15 pct No consultants. Hire people that are great at their jobs and can do the work. A discussion on whether we would spend the money on getting approved for government programs. All the approvals are expensive and may not have been worth it. We could publish quality measures and let 3rd parties audit them. Run the economics like a real business , run the care like every patient is family.

WATCH: New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor – who wrote many of the #MeToo stories – DEFENDS Graham Platner and DISMISSES the allegations against him by @LyndseyFifield and other ex-girlfriends because they were not “abuse” and women saying they just “did not like what” they saw from him... “Well, let’s talk about what they may or may not be willing to overlook the accusations against Graham Platner are not classic MeToo accusations. They’re not about a boss and a young female employee being subjected to sexual advances. They’re — they were mostly made in the context of consensual relationships. There are these, like, very sensational texts about sex. There are allegations from former girlfriends that are not — the way my colleagues reported them were not like classic abuse allegations. They were mostly like being his boyfriend gave me a view into him and I did not like what I saw. His character was scary. He had this Nazi tattoo. Et cetera.” “There was one allegation of crossing a line physically, but I think that means that these are pretty different accusations than, say, the one that — the ones that President Trump faced. And, of course, in the Access Hollywood tape, President Trump bragged about grabbing women against their will. And so I think it speaks to the kind of confusion of the long post MeToo moment in which, like, gender related accusations get bundled together. But they’re actually very different.”

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I bucked all advice from my friends (and resisted my conservative bias) and decided to fully trust the Times journalists. As they left my home they asked that I not talk to any other outlets and I insisted then and repeatedly over the following weeks that I would keep my word and only share this story with them. But then the weeks dragged on. They kept coming back to us saying the editors needed more. I needed to go on the record (okay). We need more screenshots (okay). I met every bench mark they set, eager to provide more sources or evidence as needed. After the story went up I began to ask them … wait, where are the stories from the other women? Where are their accusations of sexual assault? Why am I the focus? Why are there 11 paragraphs dedicated to detailing my work history (more than has been published about Graham’s by far)? Why does it say “nobody could corroborate” when I offered them sources that COULD corroborate? Why did they include an out of context quote from a friend joking “do not call Graham” after I called off my wedding? (Because she knew I would never). Where were the screenshots they’d said they would use? Or the mention that I’d supported local democrats and that most of my family (and husband) are liberal? The editors said it was too much, they explained. The Times also failed to include any mention that I DID confide in multiple friends through the years that Graham had been abusive — long before he was running for office. Those friends confirm they told the Times so. It dawned on me that this really was a set up all along. The journalists I trusted who convinced me to share a story I never wanted to tell methodically delayed and twisted this into a gift to the Platner campaign. Violating the trust of his victims. Shattering the trust I placed in them with the most vulnerable story of my life. And at the end of my call with them I reluctantly accepted their insistence that this was still a powerful story and that I had done a brave thing. And I thanked them for all the hard work they had put into it. Still fawning after all these years.

In response to inquiries on the Platner interview and allegations, one GOP operative responded with this:

There’s nothing better than sitting down face-to-face with Coloradans and talking honestly about the challenges our state is facing. I’m excited to be with the Pueblo Pachyderm Club on Friday, June 5th. Hope you’ll join us. #ItsTime

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.

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

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

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