Pinnacol opens up about business losses to build case to become private company
Pinnacol Assurance has lost 10,000 of its 60,000 customers over the past decade because of changing workplace dynamics and must become a fully privatized firm…
Health Care
In State of State Address, Polis seeks regulatory reform and caution in potential Labor Peace Act changes
Gov. Jared Polis used his State of the State Address on Thursday to call out several major business priorities, including asking legislators to undertake regulatory…
Opening-day bills tackle unionization, wage theft, price gouging, Ozempic and more
Colorado legislative Democrats stormed out of the gate Wednesday by introducing two major pro-labor efforts as well as several cost-of-living bills that are likely to…
2025 Colorado Legislative Preview: An enormous amount for business to watch
In terms of resets, Colorado’s November legislative election results were negligible compared to what happened nationally. Republicans flipped three districts in the 65-member state House…
Colorado to consider state rules on massive federal 340B drug-pricing program
Many employers know little about the $66 billion 340B federal drug-pricing program and its impact on them. But that likely will change in 2025, when…
Polis: Pinnacol conversion plan is as much about aiding company as it is about balancing budget
Gov. Jared Polis’ pitch to convert Pinnacol Assurance into an independent company is being driven not just by money it could generate for the state…
Polis seeking to convert Pinnacol Assurance as part of budget plan
Gov. Jared Polis has resurrected the idea of converting Pinnacol Assurance, the state-chartered workers’ compensation insurer of last resort, into an independently operated mutual insurance…
Report on hospital facility fees could stir new health-care regulatory efforts
A legislatively mandated report on hospital-system facility fees that was released Tuesday appears likely to spark a new round of debate on whether the state…
Colorado board declares second prescription drug to be unaffordable
Colorado’s precedent-setting Prescription Drug Affordability Review Board has declared a second medication to be unaffordable, setting it up for a possible upper price limit after…
Four business-opposed bills, including single-payer health study, die on Tuesday
Colorado legislators allowed the clock to run out on four bills Tuesday that critics warned would raise the already high cost of living, including another…