A negative pressure room inside St. Joseph Hospital, March 10, 2020.
After years of deliberation and months of legislative drama, Democratic lawmakers are making a final push to reduce health insurance premiums by giving the state government new power to tell insurance companies and hospitals how much they can charge consumers.
The “Colorado Option,” also known as the state’s “public option” bill, faces one of its most important tests in the state Senate, starting as soon as Tuesday. The reform legislation is a top priority for Gov. Jared Polis, and his office has pressed relentlessly to get it approved this year, but the bill’s fate has at times felt uncertain amid countless delays and rewrites.
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Covid-19 testing is a financial windfall for hospitals and other providers CNN 5 days ago By Jay Hancock and Hannah Norman, Kaiser Health News © Anthony Behar/Sipa USA A man takes a rapid COVID-19 test in the Queens borough of New York City, NY, April 12, 2021. An estimated 22% of the U.S. population is fully vaccinated with nearly 37% receiving one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine shot, as parts of the United States see rising infection rates especially among the younger population in their 30?s, concerning experts that a fourth wave of high Coronavirus infections is looming.(Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
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Pamela Valfer, in her home art studio in Pasadena, California. She was tested three times for covid and received a statement saying she might be responsible to pay $125 per test despite a ban on out-of-pocket costs. (Heidi de Mrco/KHN)
Because there are no caps on cost, consumers and insurers often get billed hundreds of dollars for the most reliable PCR test. Prices are rising and they can’t fight back.
Pamela Valfer needed multiple COVID-19 tests after repeatedly visiting the hospital last fall to see her mother, who was being treated for cancer. Beds there were filling with COVID patients. Valfer heard the tests would be free.
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