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Other news summaries

Grasscatcher, from the National Conference of State Legislatures

Today's Health News, from The Colorado Trust

Colorado daily news roundup, from Stateline

Daily Health Policy Report, from Kaiser Health News

Partnership on Medicare reform rewards doctors

Health care
The Denver Post: Colorado partnership on Medicare reform rewards doctors for better, cheaper care
For hundreds of doctors in Colorado treating nearly 30,000 Medicare patients, saving the federal government money now means earning a bonus.


Fiscal policy
Colorado Springs Gazette: State's financial windfall filters into complicated budget
When the General Assembly opens on Wednesday, Colorado lawmakers will get to do something their colleagues haven't done in several years - figure out how to spend extra cash.
Also: The Denver Post: Colorado legislature faces key issues
Also: Education News Colorado: Education issues stack up for 2012

Denver Post commentary: Colorado unemployment office overwhelmed but making gains on improper payments
First the good news: Only 11 cents of every dollar paid out in unemployment insurance in Colorado is misdirected, improperly paid or outright stolen by one of your neighbors.


Think tanks
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Hundreds of Thousands of Lower-Wage Workers, Many of Whom Worked for Decades, Would Be Denied Unemployment Insurance Under Provision Now Under Consideration
A provision that congressional negotiators will consider for legislation to extend the payroll tax cut through the end of 2012 would deny unemployment insurance (UI) to hundreds of thousands of lower-wage workers who worked for years or even decades, effectively paid UI taxes while they worked, and then were laid off.