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Uninsured Coloradans need financial assistance information so they can responsibly pay their hospital bills.  Coloradans should not be afraid to seek the care they need when they need it because of fear of costs. The Hospital Payment Assistance Act, introduced in the Colorado Senate this week, would help working families who cannot afford insurance to responsibly pay their hospital bills.

by Debra Thomas

One day last September, I received a surprising email from CCHI, and the timing could not have been better.

I'd been sitting at my desk fuming, because I had just received a letter from Kaiser Permanente rejecting my application for health insurance. As a recent retiree who's too young for Medicare, I'd already been frustrated trying to find a reasonably priced individual policy, but this took the cake!

About Developing Colorado's Essential Health Benefits Package

January 18, 2012 at 10:30 AM
COPIC, Mile High Room, 7351 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, 80230
Call-In:  1-888-330-9939 PIN# 632148#
Please see COHBE's announcement for more details.

On December 16th, the federal government released the first of its long awaited statements on the essential health benefits (EHB) package. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) lists 10 categories of health care benefits that must be included in the EHB and requires that the EHB’s scope be equal to the scope of benefits offered under a “typical employer plan.” In 2014, non-grandfathered plans in the individual and small group markets both inside and outside of the Exchange, Medicaid benchmark and benchmark-equivalent, and Basic Health Programs must all cover the EHB.