State Division of Insurance rules rural areas can't avoid higher health insurance costs : thedenverchannel

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State Division of Insurance rules rural areas can't avoid higher health insurance costs

State Division of Insurance rules rural areas can't avoid higher health insurance costs

DENVER, Colo. -- Colorado's rural areas can't escape higher health insurance costs because it costs more to deliver health care.That's the conclusion Monday from the state Division of Insurance, which was ordered to study the problem of higher insurance prices on the Western Slope and in other rural areas.The Division looked at Colorado's nine geographic rating areas for health insurance.


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Reader's View: Don't blame Obamacare for health insurance costs

Reader's View: Don't blame Obamacare for health insurance costs

I could not have disagreed more with the July 15 letter, "Democrats, Obama have ruined health care," which argued that Obamacare caused massive premium increases in health insurance coverage.Obamacare had nothing to do with the increase described in the letter.The letter evidently was about individual health care coverage, and that coverage has always been extremely expensive.