By Matthew Valeta, Health Policy Fellow Being able to purchase individual insurance used to mean you were part of a club. Unfortunately, it has been a very exclusive club. In the individual insurance market insurers have been able pick and choose only from the...
By Ashley Mayo, Strategic Engagement Fellow If you’re a healthcare nerd like me, you know that Colorado recently made its preliminary Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan recommendation. What that means in non-wonk English is that our state is starting to...
One of the most important goals of Obamacare is to create coverage options for the nearly 20% of Americans that are uninsured. One way it will do is the creation of state health exchanges where uninsured (and insured) Americans can go to purchase quality health...
By Rebecca Crepin, Senior Data Analyst for the Colorado Health Institute The health care safety net serves as the primary source of care for Colorado’s most vulnerable residents. With more than 800,000 uninsured Coloradans, historically high public health insurance...
By Matt Valeta, Health Policy Fellow The Colorado Health Benefit Exchange (COHBE) exists! As part of the implementation of Obamacare Colorado is creating its own health exchange – known as COHBE. COHBE and its website vendor have been developing the website...
By Ashley Mayo, Strategic Engagement Fellow A Census report released yesterday suggests that, when it comes to getting more Americans health coverage, Obamacare is working. According to the report, “Income, Poverty and Health Insurance Coverage in the United...
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