CO House Republicans block state-run exchange’s grant application

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, September 29, 2011

“Colorado House Republicans temporarily have blocked the CO Health Benefit Exchange board from applying for a $22 million grant … to set up the technology infrastructure needed to operate an online health insurance marketplace beginning in 2014″ -Den Bus. Journal Continue reading →

Colo. health benefits exchange salaries “really big” says Dem. representative

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, September 20, 2011

Eye-popping salaries proposed for employees of the health benefits exchange being formed in Colorado grabbed the attention of Republicans and Democrats alike. Continue reading →

Six-figure salaries for CO health benefit exchange chief officers

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, September 16, 2011

The draft budget for the Colorado Health Care Exchange includes six-figure salaries for CEO, CFO, COO, and the Chief Communications Officer. Continue reading →

Government insurance exchanges drive out employer coverage, taxpayers pay more

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, September 1, 2011

The cost of the Obamacare health control law will cost taxpayers more than expected. Employers will drop coverage because the penalties are low. They will also drop coverage because mandates effectively eliminate insurance brokers who help employers find good deals. Continue reading →

Colorado’s health insurance exchange: controlled by Feds, limited choice

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, August 30, 2011

State-based insurance exchanges will be largely controlled by federal edicts. They will not give Americans the same insurances choices as Congress members, and they limit choice. Continue reading →

Health Insurance Exchanges: A Race To the Bottom

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, August 15, 2011

The problem is that the actual insurance that health plans offer may be fairly lousy — perhaps just a little better than the typical managed care plan offered under Medicaid. That’s because of the way these insurance products are going to be regulated, and the way they will be priced under the federal scheme.

Politically-controlled health benefits exchanges crowd out private exchanges

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, July 27, 2011

Government has no business running health benefits exchanges. They compete with private ventures. Politico reports: “To some observers, the growing interest in private health exchanges indicates that employers would be less likely to send their employees to the public exchanges to take advantage of public subsidies.”

Will ObamaCare produce cascade of insolvent Colorado insurers?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, July 18, 2011

ObamaCare threatens the solvency of private health plans, which will significantly reduce consumer choice and increase costs. …[In] Colorado, where one large health plan has already announced plans to leave the state, Graham’s analysis demonstrates a “cascade” of insolvency, whereby only five of the ten largest plans in 2009 will be operating in 2017.

Is the Colorado Health Benefits exchange built to fail?

by Brian T. Schwartz | 5:30 am, July 6, 2011

Last week Governor Hickenlooper’s office announced the members of the Colorado Health Benefits Exchange Board. Paul Howard and Stephen T. Parente write why such exchanges are built to fail. Because of a “litany of new minimum-insurance requirements and regulations … health insurance purchased through an exchange will likely end up more expensive than it is now.”

Colo. SB 11-200: Don’t get mugged by a politically controlled insurance exchange

by Brian T. Schwartz | 6:54 am, May 6, 2011

In the Denver Post: “Say a street thug breaks your nose, robs you, and then offers to “help” by driving you to the hospital. Would you accept? But some Colo. legislators are accepting – by supporting the Washington-controlled health insurance exchange in Senate Bill 11-200.”

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