FEEDBACK | Reinsurance program’s cost shifting was overstated
The Colorado Health Institute report in a recent “Podium” was based on a 2018 version of the bill, which used a very different funding mechanism (“THE PODIUM | Guess who’ll pick up the tab for Colorado’s reinsurance program,” Sept. 4). It’s not true that the act Gov. Polis signed into law draws half its money from fees on other insurance policies.
Otherwise, thanks for your coverage of this wonky but important topic.
Joe Hanel
Communications director
Colorado Health Institute
Denver
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Jon Caldara
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Dennis Maes
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The perils of Colorado’s unregulated abortions | GUEST COLUMN
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Paula Noonan
paula-noonan@coloradopolitics.com
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Updated 5 days ago
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Pigs engineered to fight alpha-gal syndrome | Rachel Gabel
Rachel Gabel
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Updated 6 days ago
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