Barbara Calder and her husband from Colorado Springs in Colorado cannot afford health insurance and are selling their estate to move to Beligium where they can find affordable health insurance and healthcare. “My husband, Bruce, and I never were able to obtain medical insurance that would cover my condition, a devastating and disabling genetic disease [...]
Costs for employer-sponsored health insurance in Colorado for fiscal year 2009 are projected to increase by 13.7%, higher than the national average of 6% to 8% for the same period, according to respondents in the 2009 Colorado Employer Benefits Survey Report released on Friday by the Lockton Benefit Group, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports (Newsome, [...]
A decline in smoking rates in Colorado has led to a decline in cigarette tax revenue that is used in part to fund state health insurance programs, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. In 2004, the state increased the cigarette tax by 64 cents per pack with the goal of using the revenue for health [...]
A proposal that would require Colorado hospitals to pay a per-patient fee to the state could fund health coverage for an additional 200,000 state residents, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. The office of Gov. Bill Ritter (D) and the Colorado Hospital Association are continuing to negotiate a fee, but CHA board members support the [...]
The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reform on Monday announced a fifth health insurance plan to add to four other proposals that the committee previously selected, the Denver Post reports (Human, Denver Post,9/11). The commission’s goal is to recommend three to five plans on howto expand health insurance without a large increase in costs. [...]
The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Healthcare Reformon Wednesday presented to lawmakers the five health care proposalsbeing considered to expand health coverage to the state’s estimated792,000 uninsured residents, the Colorado Springs Gazette reports (Sealover, Colorado Springs Gazette, 9/12). Two of the proposals, created by the Colorado State Association for Health Underwriters and the Committee for [...]
Members of the Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reformon Monday approved a draft of a fifth health care proposal that wouldrequire all documented state residents to obtain health insurance, the Denver Rocky Mountain Newsreports. The commission already has approved four other draft proposalsaimed at expanding coverage to more than 780,000 of the state’suninsured [...]
A proposal developed by the Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reformwould extend health insurance to 85% of the state’s uninsured residentsand cost between $1.4 billion and $2.1 billion, according to aconsultant appointed to study proposals for a statewide insurance plan,the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. The proposal — which the commission developed based [...]
The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reformon Monday voted 20-2 to approve a set of recommendations that includesrequiring state residents to obtain health insurance or pay a taxpenalty, the Denver Postreports. The panel also will recommend expanding eligibility for statehealth programs. The panel’s recommendations will be presented to statelawmakers on Jan. 31, 2008. [...]
The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform on Thursday presented a 101-pagedraft of its final report detailing recommendations to overhaul the state’s $30billion health care system, the Denver Rocky Mountain News reports. Among the recommendations,the commission proposed giving state residents %26quot;meaningful choices%26quot;for health care plans and requiring all documented residents to register in [...]
