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• Colorado moving to curb health insurance costs

  December 3, 2012 12:50 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado officials say health care reform has given them the power to curb insurance rate hikes. Those curbs helped the state block a 24 percent increase request by Cigna. According to the Denver Post, Cigna wanted to raise rates for individual health policies in 2013 by 31... more »

• Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage

  July 9, 2012 7:22 PM

  DENVER (AP) - They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, and dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families. Many firefighters are now asking to buy... more »

• The Denver Post offers buyouts to shrink staff

  October 6, 2011 5:31 PM

  DENVER (AP) - The Denver Post is offering voluntary buyouts to try to shrink its newsroom by up to 20 employees, or about 8 percent. The newspaper reports that the move is due to financial pressures. Employees age 55 or older and those with at least 10 years... more »

• Partisan deadlock stalls CO health effort

  September 30, 2011 8:06 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado will miss a Friday deadline to apply for $22 million in federal funds to set up an insurance marketplace because Republicans and Democrats can't agree on how to apply for the money. The Colorado Health Exchange is a virtual health insurance marketplace approved by lawmakers... more »

• Colorado part of Democrats Spanish-language ads, pro-Obama

  July 23, 2011 6:58 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Democrats are launching Spanish-language television ads targeting Hispanic voters in three Western states. The ad, entitled "Who to Trust", touts President Barack Obama's work on extending health insurance to children, including legal immigrant children, increasing the number of Pell Grants and cutting middle class taxes. ... more »

• Memorial issue to be taken off April ballot

  January 24, 2011 2:01 PM

  It seems a controversial ballot measure that would have made Memorial Health Systems a non-profit will not show up on this April's ballot. This morning a Mayor's Task Force agreed to ask city council to suspend plans to put the ballot measure to an April vote. One of the biggest... more »

• Governor unveils new health insurance plan

  July 6, 2010 10:56 AM

  A new health insurance plan to cover people with pre-existing conditions is now available in Colorado. Gov. Bill Ritter plans to announce the details of the plan Tuesday, the first day that customers will be accepted. It's a result of health care reform passed by Congress this year and... more »

• Tobacco loophole in child health law costs $250M

  June 2, 2010 9:04 AM

  Public health officials say a tobacco tax loophole in President Barack Obama's children's health insurance program is costing the U.S. Treasury more than $250 million a year. The loophole allows companies to avoid huge tax increases on rolling tobacco by labeling it as pipe tobacco. The marketing twist lets... more »

• Good news from the Golden Arches

  May 3, 2010 6:45 PM

  Colorado McDonald's restaurants will hire 1,000 people Tuesday. The fast food chain is accepting applications and conducting interviews at all of its restaurants in the state during a coordinated hiring event from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Both fulltime and part time positions are available. McDonald's employees who work... more »

• Scam alert issued on new health care law

  April 6, 2010 10:39 AM

  President Barack Obama's top health official says scam artists are taking advantage of the new insurance law to peddle phony policies. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday she's writing state officials about a proliferation of scams involving the new health care law, which Obama signed March 23.... more »

• Would partners of gay troops get benefits, too?

  March 26, 2010 10:24 AM

  If gay service members are allowed to serve openly, the military will face another tough question: Should gay partners be entitled to military benefits? Momentum appears to be building for ending the ban on gays in the military. New rules ordered Thursday by Defense Secretary Robert Gates make it... more »

• Obama turns up the heat for health care overhaul

  March 6, 2010 9:40 AM

  President Barack Obama is again using his weekly radio and Internet address to try to convince a skeptical public of the need for his health care overhaul plan. Facing a tough political environment, Obama also targeted Democratic lawmakers who are wavering. Republicans are repeating their call to start from scratch... more »

• Colorado insurer changes mind on fat babies

  October 12, 2009 5:34 PM

  A Colorado insurance company is changing its attitude about fat babies. Rocky Mountain Health Plans said Monday that it will no longer consider obesity a "pre-existing condition" barring coverage for hefty infants. The change comes after the insurer turned down a Grand Junction 4-month-old who weighs about 17 pounds. The... more »

• Analysis: Health care reform will cost families extra $1,700 per year

  October 12, 2009 12:47 PM

  The health insurance industry, which has worked with Congress on trying to reform health care in this country, released a report Sunday night saying that the bill scheduled for a vote Tuesday would cost the average American family an extra $1,700 a year to start--with the cost escalating in the... more »