Division of Insurance cancels part of federal waiver on Colorado Option that critics called price-fixing

Colorado is moving forward on its plans to launch its state-designed standardized health insurance plan for individual and small group markets, but a waiver the state planned to pursue with the federal government had health care providers, including insurance companies, fuming.

Critics said a portion of the the waiver is an attempt at arbitrary price-fixing that could limit consumers’ options to get affordable health care.