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COVID-19: Can Colorado Employers Raise Premiums for Being Unvaccinated? [5 Questions Answered]

by Christine Corsini | Nov 30, 2021 | Colorado Health Insurance, Health Insurance

With COVID rates on the rise in Colorado, employees and employers alike are on edge about vaccine mandates. But while companies with 100 or more employees are now forced to require the vaccine, some smaller companies have taken a different approach: Charging...

What Colorado Regulators Don’t Understand About Health Care Sharing Ministries (HCSMs)

by Misty Berryman | Oct 27, 2021 | Colorado Health Care Sharing Ministries, Health Care Cost Sharing Plans, Health Sharing, Healthshare plans

Last year, a number of Colorado legislators came together to sponsor HB20-1008, a bill that sought to curb the freedom and flexibility of HCSMs in Colorado. HCSMs, or Health Care Sharing Ministries, are a low-cost health insurance alternative in Colorado that...

What is a Direct Primary Care Physician?

by Leslie Jablonski | Sep 17, 2021 | Direct Primary Care Physician

Why a Direct Primary Care Physician Could be the Best New Healthcare Solution in Colorado With health insurance premiums rising all the time, it’s no surprise that more and more people are looking for an alternative. Now available in many parts of Colorado, Direct...

The “Colorado Option”: How CO’s New Healthcare Reform Could Backfire in a Big Way

by Leslie Jablonski | Aug 16, 2021 | Colorado Health Insurance

The Colorado Option House Bill 21-1232 is supposed to make healthcare more affordable, but at what cost? Last month, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis signed House Bill 21-1232, a piece of healthcare legislation that gives capitol politicians even more power over how much...

Restaurant & Hospitality Workers: If You Received Unemployment in 2021, You Can Get Free Health Insurance

by Misty Berryman | Jul 27, 2021 | Health Insurance, Healthshare plans, Unemployment Benefit

Without a doubt, the COVID-19 pandemic was hard on every one of us. But for Americans in the restaurant and hospitality industry, the effects were even more difficult to bear. Over the course of the last year and a half, it’s estimated that we’ve lost nearly 3 million...