 Tuesday, October 28, 2025 | | |
| | | | | BY MEG WINGERTER Assuming Congress doesn't extend the higher subsidies to buy insurance on the individual marketplace, monthly premiums will roughly double next year for people in Colorado who received them. Two things influence how much insurance in the individual market will cost: how expensive insurers think it will be to cover the group, and how much customers receive to subsidize their premiums. It's too late to change the underlying costs, but Congress still could extend the higher subsidies. Time is running short there, too, though. Open enrollment starts Saturday, and people who want coverage starting in January have to pick a plan by Dec. 15. | | | | The monthly “sticker price” of health insurance is rising, and households will have to pay a larger share of that monthly cost than they have since the pandemic. | | | | | With recent cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and changes in its eligibility criteria, the forthcoming need among locals to access food is expected to be greater than at any time in the Food Bank of the Rockies 47-year history. | | | | | Denver Health’s Substance Abuse Treatment, Education and Prevention program. or STEP, works with young people at the uniquely challenging intersection of mental health and substance use struggles. | | | | | Colorado insurance commissioner Michael warns premiums could rise 160% next year, with the hardest-hit households facing a $22,000 increase in their annual costs to maintain coverage. | | | | | Eastern Daylight Time resumes in less than 3 weeks and any clocks not connected to the internet or satellites will need to be turned back one hour. | | | | | The approach has helped 60,000 children avoid food allergies. | | | |
