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Individual health insurance premiums expected to increase by over 11% in Colorado
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Health insurance premiums are expected to increase by over 11% in Colorado’s individual market and over 9% in the small employer market in 2023, according to the Division of Insurance. The division released the proposed premium increases Tuesday, using preliminary insurance company filings for 2023. In the individual market – health insurance plans separate from…
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Colorado’s health care consumers get some new safeguards, could use more
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The Colorado 2018 legislative session was full of bills on a range of health care issues, but legislative gridlock prevented progress on important issues for consumers like out-of-network surprise bills, rising drug costs, too little insurance competition, and skyrocketing insurance costs. However, Colorado lawmakers did succeed in passing legislation that will help consumers who utilize…
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Colorado Senate bill would add work requirements for Medicaid recipients
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DENVER – The next big fight at the Colorado Capitol gets an opening bell Thursday when a Senate committee hears a bill to make many of those Medicaid get back to work or at least look for a job. Senate Bill 214, sponsored by Republican Sen. Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Rep. Susan Beckman of…
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar endorses Ashley Wheeland in HD 9 Democratic primary
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State Sen. Irene Aguilar, a Denver Democrat, this week endorsed Ashley Wheeland, one of two Democrats challenging state Rep. Paul Rosenthal in a primary in southeast Denver’s House District 9. “Ashley has a long record of fighting for Colorado communities and their health care, something I am passionate about as well,” Aguilar, a primary care physician,…
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Two Denver Democrats launch primary challenges against state Rep. Paul Rosenthal
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State Rep. Paul Rosenthal, the Denver Democrat hit with an allegation of sexual harassment that was dismissed earlier this month, is facing primary challenges from two Democrats in the southeast Denver House District 9 seat he’s represented for three terms – social worker and educator Emily Sirota and veteran policy advocate Ashley Wheeland. “It’s time…
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Passion and Pinocchios run high as Colorado leaders react to tax reform
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After Republicans in the U.S. Senate passed its version of a tax reform bill early Saturday, passions, rhetoric and threats rippled across the Colorado political landscape this weekend, proving hyperbole is the mother’s milk of politics. Republicans, predictably, argued that lower taxes, especially on corporations, is the salve the economy needs to help lower and…
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Obamacare replacement draws more fire, said to imperil rural Coloradans
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A new report from an Obamacare-friendly think tank in the nation’s capital concludes that a pending congressional replacement for the nation’s endlessly debated health-care law could leave many Coloradans – especially in rural communities – without health coverage. A press release today touting the findings by the left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington, D.C., pointedly notes, “Senators Cory Gardner and Michael…
