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Colorado health insurers seek 11% increase in premiums on ACA market
3+ hour, 8+ min ago (319+ words) Health insurance companies selling on Colorado’s individual marketplace have asked for 11% increases in monthly premiums for next year, on average. This year, premiums rose 22%, though the impact felt larger for customers who lost subsidies. The Colorado Division of Insurance estimated…...
Colorado lawmakers seek short-term fix to fund insurance affordability programs
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1065+ words) Funding for Colorado programs that lower the cost of health insurance is running short by about $140 million, and lawmakers are looking to impose new fees on major insurers and sell bonds to help fill the hole — at least for one…...
Colorado hospital profits rose in 2024, but they’re still far from pre-pandemic levels
5+ mon, 4+ hour ago (1151+ words) Colorado hospitals’ finances rebounded in 2024 after taking a beating in the previous two years, but still haven’t regained their pre-pandemic heights, according to a pair of new state reports. Expenses grew faster than payments in 2022 and 2023, narrowing hospitals’ margins on…...
For years, Colorado Medicaid mistakenly paid a program’s providers several times too much — costing millions
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (1052+ words) In November, Colorado Medicaid officials corrected a mistake. Five years earlier, they’d told contracted transportation providers in metro Denver to bill the state as if the providers were specialty ambulances. By 2022, those providers were billing the state for more than…...
Coloradans weigh options as health insurance premiums double: ‘If something bad happens, are we going to go bankrupt?’
7+ mon, 3+ day ago (1441+ words) 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…...
Fewer Colorado kids had health insurance in 2024
10+ mon, 6+ day ago (513+ words) Colorado’s uninsured rate for children rose in 2024 as the COVID-19 public health emergency ended and kids dropped off Medicaid. About 6% of people under 19 didn’t have some form of health insurance in 2024, according to new data from the U.S. Census…...