The West’s public option experiment is hitting roadblocks

Dec 27 2022 by POLITICO - TOP Stories

 

A trio of Democratic Western states hailed passage of their public health insurance options as important steps toward finishing Obamacare’s work of providing universal health coverage.

But an early look at Washington, Colorado and Nevada show their plans to provide more affordable coverage to hundreds of thousands of people aren’t working out as hoped.

In Colorado, which is enrolling people in its public option for the first time this year, only one insurance company out of...

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