Contact
(720)295-8006
tips@coloradoindependent.com
The Colorado Independent,2020
All Right Reserved.
Tag: maternity bill
Beefed up maternity health insurance bill sails through the House
DENVER-- Lawmakers Monday passed a bill in the Colorado House that would require health insurance companies to include prenatal and birth control in all plans offered to women on the individual health care market. Sponsored by Denver Democrats Beth McCann and Jerry Frangas, the bill was stripped of this strong provision in committee weeks ago in order to move it onto the floor. House watchers expected to see a fight on the floor but the bill passed on a voice vote, with only minimal questioning from conservative Monument Republican Amy Stephens, who asked if the bill would now cover so-called Plan B contraception, the "morning after" pill, which some see as akin to abortion.
McCann puts teeth back into health insurance maternity bill
A House bill that would require health insurers in Colorado to provide at least one policy that covers maternity care is being amended to...