Two women encourage the public to get health coverage under the Affordable Care Act, during a promotional campaign launched by Colorado HealthOP. (AP, Brennan Linsley)
Re: “State regulators shut down Colorado HealthOP citing cash-reserve woes,” Oct. 17 news story.
I and 83,000 other members of Colorado HealthOP will lose our health care coverage after federal authorities decided to cut off promised payments. Now thousands of families have to scramble for new health care plans that are more expensive and offer fewer benefits. Due to costs, many of us simply face the cold reality of going without health insurance in 2016.
Equally chilling, though, was the heartless response in the media by U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner. Instead of expressing concern for thousands of uninsured Colorado families, Gardner called up his Republican Party’s anti-Obamacare stance and stated that taxpayers will be on the hook for millions in loans that will never be repaid.
Whether or not that actually happens, what is certain is taxpayers are definitely on the hook for our non-cooperative, ill-serving and dysfunctional Congress.
Jeffery Moser, Aurora
This letter was published in the Oct. 22 edition.Sen. Cory Gardner’s call for a congressional investigation into the solvency of Colorado HealthOP is superfluous at best. Two years ago, news articles were quoting experts and members of Congress predicting that not only was failure possible, it was practically baked into their design by the Republican-controlled Congress. Republicans passed a series of amendments intended to hobble the finances and market reach of these free-market solutions. The final straw came in negotiations to avoid defaulting on our national debt. Sen. Mitch McConnell demanded reductions in co-op funding as the price to prevent Congress from abandoning our debt obligations.
Gardner’s “investigation” need only call one witness to get to the bottom of this disaster — Sen. Cory Gardner.
Harry Doby, Aurora
This letter was published in the Oct. 22 edition.
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