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Monday, December 14, 2009

How Fair is Colorado Insurance?

Colorado citizens who are unable to afford health care have a beneficial system available to them; those eligible for benefits will have Colorado State Health Insurance, though the system has both ups and downs. The employer gets to choose whether or not to pay for the employee’s health insurance through a third-party service offered by the insurance companies. Colorado, at this point in time, is unable to regulate the plans. Premium Colorado offers the highest payable insurance amount in the USA. The most informed policy holders are away of the exclusions section. There are areas that the policy does not cover, such as prostate screenings, mammograms, home health and hospice services, diabetes, prosthetic devices, and childhood immunizations. Companies are required to cover newborns, pregnant women, and adopted children, to name a few.

Health care providers have been notified by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Health Care providers that the Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) is now an accepted policy. This policy covers low-cost health and dental care for those children who remain uninsured, under the age of 18, whose parents do not qualify for Medicaid. There is also insurance for those who cannot afford, whatever their reason may be, to have healthcare on their own. Insurance companies are required, by law, to cover those with Alzheimer’s disease, organic brain syndromes, senile dementia, etc. They are also required to present notifications if there is a lapse in payment. The federal government has made leaps and bounds as they plan to meet health insurance requirements of low- or no-income people. The applicants need to undergo a complete medical examination and fill out forms about their family and financial situation. Those in Colorado who don’t buy insurance can try to get the Colorado State Health Insurance to meet expenses for various treatments.

Also in Colorado, auto insurance companies have a type of scale prepared for certain cars. The lists end in 27 and start in 3; the higher rating for the car means a higher premium. Another factor in the auto insurance you receive depends on the amount of driving done daily; this also fixes the amount of the premium. If you have a plan that does not provide enough coverage, loss of money is not uncommon. In the same breath, if you have too much coverage it would be just as expensive as getting too little, thus resulting in more money loss. In the case of car insurance in Colorado, the policy holder on average will pay less for the car insurance in an instance where the car is parked in a secured location with ample security facility.

Homeowners’ insurance companies are expected to be more heavily regulated under some recent bills delivered by the bipartisan coalition of Colorado lawmakers. Three bills were drawn up in response to complaints made by homeowners who admitted they were unable to renew their policies and could not find insurance at all, because insurance companies refused to cover them. The insurance companies that do this must give each client a printed copy of the ‘Colorado Health Benefits Plan Description Form,’ which must include all types of coverage in summary, including fees and maximum expenses. It also must explain how the policy holders may receive special care or file a complaint. However, insurance representatives complain that laws will make things worse for policy holders and that people will have a difficult time finding affordable insurance.

The Colorado Division of Insurance, unfortunately, does not control workers compensation claims. These are handled by the Colorado Division of Workers Compensation (CDWC) in the Department of Labor and Employment.