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Just business: Five Colorado insurers won’t offer individual child coverage

Parents who don't have health insurance buy individual policies for their kids but five health insurance companies in Colorado will no longer offer that...

Colorado insurers admit to providing uneven birth control coverage

Colorado women offered small-group health insurance plans or looking to buy plans on the individual market and expecting them to cover birth control should be sure to read the fine print. Plans vary widely on the birth control coverage they provide, and the reasoning guiding the products on offer is often unclear. What's more, denials of service are often buried in contract sections newcomers to the market are likely to skim or not read at all.

UPDATED: United Healthcare Sues Health One

United Healthcare, one of Colorado's largest health insurers, and some affiliated companies filed suit Monday against various national for profit health care provider HCA...

The HCA-United Impass: How We Got Here

On the first of September this year, for profit HCA, a health care provider with a 35% market share and the highest profit margin...

Tens Of Thousands of Patients Stranded

Starting tomorrow, tens of thousands of Denver area patients will not longer be able to go to their usual hospitals and clinics without paying...