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Out-of-pocket pain from high-deductible plans means skimping on care
9+ hour, 50+ min ago By Charlotte Huff, KFF Health News David Garza sometimes feels as if he doesn't have health insurance now that he pays so much to treat his Type 2 diabetes. His monthly premium payment of $435 for family coverage is roughly the same…...
Coloradans weigh options as health insurance premiums double: ‘If something bad happens, are we going to go bankrupt?’
1+ day, 12+ hour ago As a cancer survivor, Alex Modisette doesn't want to go without health insurance, but she doesn't see another option as her family's monthly costs are set to rise more than 140%. Modisette, who owns a small construction business with her husband…...
Colorado hospitals have the profits to help more patients financially (Editorial)
5+ day, 2+ hour ago Coloradans are getting crushed between hospital profits, insurance company profits and rising uncompensated care. These three insatiable drains on our health care system have broken medicine and made the cost of care for middle-class Americans who aren't on Medicaid or…...
Facing a spike in your health insurance? The Denver Post wants to talk to you
2+ week, 2+ day ago FILE: Pages from the U.S. Affordable Care Act health insurance website healthcare.gov are seen on a computer screen in New York, Aug. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File) Coloradans who buy subsidized health insurance on the individual marketplace will pay about…...
Half of Denver-area health systems were highly profitable in 2024, report says
3+ week, 1+ day ago Three of six Denver-area health systems had strong financial years in 2024, according to a new report " but that's a picture those hospitals say is skewed or false. Much of that difference comes from which numbers are examined. The 2025 Colorado Health…...
BBB issues warning about Denver company after complaints about billing fraud
1+ mon, 2+ week ago The Better Business Bureau issued a warning that a Denver business might be defrauding Medicare and its customers. The BBB's advisory, posted Oct. 27, reported that the organization received complaints from two people who said they received bills from Centennial Medical…...
Colorado doctor-turned-patient tripped up by $64,000 bill for ankle surgery, overnight hospital stay
1+ mon, 3+ week ago By Julie Appleby, KFF Health News Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the…...
Cigna will end drug rebates in many private health plans
1+ mon, 3+ week ago By John Tozzi, Bloomberg News Cigna Group will eliminate prescription drug rebates in many of its commercial health plans in 2027, upending an opaque, controversial practice that's drawn the ire of President Donald Trump. The insurer will expand the rebate-free model…...
Government shutdown leaves Colorado’s community health centers in financial limbo
2+ mon, 1+ week ago Community health centers serving low-income Coloradans will face a reckoning if the government shutdown goes on too long " but right now, they can't be sure when "too long" will be. The federal community health center fund, which pays about $111 million…...
As Trump punts on medical debt, battle over patient protections moves to states
2+ mon, 2+ week ago By Noam N. Levey, Katheryn Houghton and Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can't pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the…...