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Customers of Colorado’s health insurance marketplace face hard choices, but most are staying covered
4+ hour, 33+ min ago (940+ words) As the last day to enroll for health insurance on the Colorado marketplace arrives today, dire predictions about the number of people who would go uncovered rather than pay unsubsidized and higher rates have largely failed to materialize in Colorado....
How Medicaid became such a drag on Colorado’s state budget
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1752+ words) Unlock $10,000 plus a portion of the $1 million incentive fund with your Colorado Gives Day donation now. This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at coloradosun.com. By Jesse Paul and John Ingold,…...
Health insurance premiums for 225,000 Coloradans are about to double
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (643+ words) Congress failed to extend tax credits to help people pay for health insurance on state marketplaces. Now hundreds of thousands of Coloradans will see their costs double. The division estimates the premium hikes will force about 75,000 Coloradans to dump their…...
Colorado Springs' draft 2026 city budget contains $31 million in proposed cuts
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (765+ words) Colorado Springs Mayor Yemi Mobolade delivered his annual budget proposal to city council Monday. The proposal anticipates an $11 million shortfall and an increase of $20 million in operating costs, for a total of $31 million in cuts. The cuts will include previously…...
Prices through marketplace health insurance could double as government shutdown dispute digs in
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1157+ words) The economy for many Coloradans, like Northglenn resident Aubrey Hix, is tough these days. "My utilities have gone up, homeowners' insurance has gone up, auto insurance has gone up," said Hix as she sat on her back deck with her…...
Workers’ Wages Siphoned To Pay Medical Bills, Despite Consumer Protections
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1742+ words) By Rae Ellen Bichell, KFF Health News Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn't remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So she was…...
Two health insurers now say they'll stay in Colorado's individual market after bill passes to reduce premiums
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (349+ words) Win a trip for two to Croatia! Two large health insurers that had signaled they were ready to leave Colorado's individual market in several counties now say they will stay, according to a release from the Colorado Division of Insurance....
Two Colorado insurers pull some plans from individual health care market
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (532+ words) Tens of thousands of Coloradans will need to shop for new health coverage after two insurance companies told the state on Wednesday they're pulling plans from the individual market." About 96,000 Coloradans will be affected by plans being discontinued by Rocky…...
Five numbers to know as Colorado navigates looming health care cuts
5+ mon, 1+ day ago (982+ words) Senior health care leaders in Colorado said they aim to keep as many residents covered on Medicaid as possible as the state faces deep cuts to the health care program laid out in the" federal tax and spending bill that…...
Colorado tax revenue was especially susceptible to changes in the “big, beautiful bill.” Here’s why
5+ mon, 3+ day ago (1268+ words) This story was produced as part of the Colorado Capitol News Alliance. It first appeared at'coloradosun.com. Colorado is one of just four states that use federal taxable income to determine how much people pay in state taxes'and that have…...