As Colorado Health Care Premiums Skyrocket, Will Morgan Carroll Double Down On Single-Payer?
As news breaks that Colorado health-insurance rates are officially set to jump an average of 20% next year thanks to Obamacare, will Morgan Carroll stand by her longtime support for doubling down on these failed liberal policies and push for a single-payer health care system? Not only are rates skyrocketing, but more than a dozen counties will only have one option for insurance. From the Post:
Colorado residents who buy their health insurance themselves will pay 20 percent more on average next year, and, for the first time, residents in 14 counties will have the choice of only one carrier offering plans in their area via the state health insurance exchange. The increases are the largest in Colorado since the 2014 launch of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. In some parts of rural Colorado, premium increases will top 40 percent, according to figures approved Tuesday by the Colorado Division of Insurance.
If Coloradans are facing steep premium hikes and a shortage of coverage options just a few short years after Obamacare’s launch, how bad will it get in the next decade? And just how bad would it be if Morgan Carroll had her way and doubled down on these failing policies to institute a single-payer system? Clearly, Carroll is far more interested in pushing her extreme ideological agenda than fighting to keep health care costs down for Colorado families.