Colorado releases insurance exchange rates

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1. Am I the only one who thinks this sounds like a clusterfuck?

Let's say 40-year-old customer seeking individual insurance through the exchange wants a "bronze" plan, meaning insurance would cover 60 percent of their health care costs. That 40-year old would have 16 insurers to choose from, with monthly premiums from $186 to $364, if they live in Denver. The same customer living in Grand Junction would have just eight insurers to choose from, with monthly premiums ranging from $237 to $400. And if the same customer is living in Greeley, they'd have 13 insurers to choose from, with monthly premiums ranging from $177 a month to $296 a month.

A 40-year-old customer who wants to use the exchange to buy an individual "platinum" plan, in which insurance would cover 90 percent of their costs, has even fewer options. That customer would have two insurers to choose from in Denver, one insurer to choose from in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and far Eastern Colorado, and no insurers at all through the exchange in Boulder, Fort Collins, Grand Junction or Greeley.

Thanks for the post.