Post Tagged with: "health insurance"

More health insurance doesn’t pay what consumers need

More health insurance doesn’t pay what consumers need

0 / May 14, 2012 8:00 AM

More consumers are falling into health insurance policies that won’t cover their bills when they get sick. That’s according to Wendell Potter, a nationally known author and former insurance PR executive-turned-industry critic who has visited Colorado twice in recent weeks,

Hospitals may stop charging their highest prices to the poor

Hospitals may stop charging their highest prices to the poor

0 / March 19, 2012 7:00 AM

Colorado hospitals charge their highest prices to the poorest, uninsured patients. That practice is now likely to end by late summer this year

Drive to insure Colorado children succeeding

Drive to insure Colorado children succeeding

0 / January 29, 2012 2:32 PM

A campaign to provide health insurance to children is showing progress in Colorado, where two surveys show the number of uninsured kids is down to 8 to 10 percent

State budget slammed as soaring number of Coloradans need Medicaid

State budget slammed as soaring number of Coloradans need Medicaid

0 / December 19, 2011 10:34 AM

Five years of high unemployment have driven another 216,000 Coloradans into such dire straits that they qualify for Medicaid, the government health insurance program for the poor

Colorado’s uninsured number jumps by 22 percent

Colorado’s uninsured number jumps by 22 percent

1 / November 15, 2011 2:47 PM

The number of Coloradans without health insurance has risen by 22 percent in the last two years, with 829,000 residents now uninsured, according to a survey released Tuesday