Polis administration proposes cap on some insurance payments to hospitals
Gov. Jared Polis’ office and a group of Democratic legislators want to cap the prices that hospitals can charge Coloradans insured by the state or…
Health Care
Supporters of single-payer health care hope third time is charm for advancing study bill
For the third year in a row, Colorado Democratic legislators have begun to advance a bill to study the impact of implementing a single-payer health-care…
Legislative health-care debates commence this week with insurance bills
Several health-care bills — including two scheduled for their first hearings this week — are set to reignite the debate this legislative session on whether…
Insurance enterprise shortfall could spur calls for premium fee hike
A Colorado enterprise that offers free health insurance to undocumented immigrants and helps fund the state’s reinsurance program is likely to be short of revenue…
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…
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…