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August 23, 2023
Soon, There Will be No Colorado Option
- “NFIB-member small business owners have been resolutely opposed to single-payer health care, which is what the public option is by incremental means. This is an issue small business owners know better than anyone. For 40 years, NFIB members have cited the rising cost of health insurance as their number one concern. Small business owners do not benefit from, nor do they support, a one-size-fits-all. They support solutions that empower them and their employees with greater choice and control and access to affordable, flexible, and predictable health coverage options.
- “Private carriers, I warned, would reach a time when their ability to compete with the Colorado Option would become impossible.
- “So, what has happened to the insurance market for small-business-owning individuals and small business groups since Gov. Jared Polis signed HB21-1232 into law a little over two years ago? Four health insurers (Humana, Bright Health, Oscar Health, and Friday Health Plans) have called it quits in Colorado.”
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