Women and the Affordable Care Act

By Toni Panetta With the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act upon us, now is an excellent time to examine how women are benefiting from provisions of the President’s health reform law. Under the Affordable Care Act, birth control is included in a package of...

Fixing the Holes in Our Safety Net

Plans for the Adults without Dependent Children Medicaid Program By Aubrey HillColorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved The health care safety net should be there to catch us when we need it, but like any other net, it has holes. Colorado’s safety net for...

Do You Want to Say Thanks Obamacare?

I want to share a story with you.  Actually, I want to share someone else’s story with you.  Cindy lives in Hudson, Colorado.  She wrote to Thanks Obamacare to tell us why she wanted to say “Thanks, Obamacare.” Cindy’s husband has terminal...

Tell your Senators to Protect the Medical Loss Ratio

By Barb Yondorf Health insurance agents and consumer advocates are the major combatants in a battle over a critical Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision that limits how much insurers can spend on administrative expenses as opposed to paying your health care bills. ...

One Baby Boomer's Story: This can't be happening to me…

by Keith After retiring from a small division of an automotive company in the Midwest and moving to Colorado, I was faced with the inability to secure insurance because of a pre-existing condition. First, a little background about myself. To be honest, growing up (and...
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