{"id":33277,"date":"2018-05-11T12:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T18:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/?p=33277"},"modified":"2018-05-11T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T18:00:20","slug":"legislature-brings-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connectforhealthco.com\/es\/legislature-brings-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislature Brings Changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

To Our Valued Stakeholders,<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Legislature adjourned Wednesday after passing a couple of measures that will affect our customers and not passing three measures that we have been following aimed at easing the burden of high premiums.<\/p>\n

What passed:<\/strong><\/p>\n

SB 136<\/a> will allow brokers to charge a fee when advising customers to buy a health plan if the broker does not receive a commission on the plan. They cannot charge a fee for enrolling people in Health First Colorado or CHP+ and they are required to notify customers in advance. The state Division of Insurance is working on related rules.<\/p>\n

SB 132<\/a> calls for the insurance commissioner to make an actuarial analysis to determine whether expanding eligibility for catastrophic to Coloradans age 30 and above (without a hardship exemption) would reduce Advance Premium Tax Credits (APTC) for Coloradans or increase average individual health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n

If the analysis finds such a change would do neither, the insurance commissioner would be required to seek a five-year waiver to allow the sale of catastrophic plans to all Coloradans. Such plans would remain ineligible for APTC support and would be sold through Connect for Health Colorado.<\/p>\n

What did not pass:<\/strong><\/p>\n

HB 1205<\/a> would have provided financial assistance to Coloradans whose income is between 400% and 500% of federal poverty level and spend more than 20 percent of their household income on health insurance premiums.<\/p>\n

HB 1392<\/a> would have created a reinsurance program to help health insurance companies with their highest cost members, allowing them to better contain increases in premium.<\/p>\n

HB 1384<\/a> would have called for the state department of Health Care Policy and Financing and the state Division of Insurance to study three different healthcare coverage options, a Health First Colorado buy-in, a public-private partnership and a community- or regionally-based healthcare alternative.<\/p>\n

In the News<\/strong><\/p>\n

Forbes reported more evidence of state Marketplace stabilization this week, as health insurance companies see improving profits in the individual market. Interestingly, the health insurance companies featured in the article<\/a> are showing little interest in offering short-term plans.<\/p>\n

Take care,<\/p>\n

Kevin Patterson, MURP, MPA <\/em>
\nChief Executive Officer <\/em>
\nConnect for Health Colorado<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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