Democrats in Congress are holding out for a couple things during the government shutdown: Concessions from the GOP on Medicaid cuts and Affordable Care Act premium subsidies.
More than 700,000 Coloradans get their health insurance through the ACA. About 300,000 of them are looking at 2026 premiums that will be about 30 percent higher.
Now, you may think, I'm not covered by the ACA, so what does this mean for me?
Rep. Diana DeGette, who represents Denver, and the state insurance commission laid out the impact in a news conference. When more people are uninsured, those costs get spread throughout the population, and it's bad news for everyone's insurance rates.
Where does our congressman Jeff Hurd stand? Well. He thinks Congress should provide relief on these rate increases. He also thinks Democrats are... wrong to demand relief on rate increases. Got that?