Health Care

To this point, state Senate Bill 200 has probably been best known locally as the measure that divided Monument Rep. Amy Stephens, the bill's sponsor, from the most anti-"Obamacare" members of her Republican Party. But the exchange, signed into law in June, actually exists as more than a political issue.

The more people and small employers know about the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, the easier it will be for them to find the best health-insurance plan for themselves or their employees, an organizer for the Colorado Public Interest Research Group said Monday.

A consumer group called for a member of the new state health insurance exchange board to resign Monday, and the author of legislation creating the exchange said she was unhappy with the board's makeup, casting shadows over a first meeting.

The new Colorado Health Benefit Exchange board’s goal is to increase competition and drive down the cost of insurance.  But even as it started work yesterday, consumer advocates say the insurance industry has too much say. CPR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has more.

A second large consumer group representing 500,000 Coloradans joined the call Tuesday for the resignation of a “health industry insider” from Colorado’s new health exchange board.