Popular health insurance co-ops 'orphaned by politics'
Clip: 12/21/2015 | 6m 58s
More than half of the state-run health co-ops were forced to shut down this year.
As consumers rush to enroll in the insurance exchanges, one change that's complicating signups is that more than half of the state-run health co-ops -- an alternative to private insurers -- were forced to shut down this year. The government was supposed to offset the costs, but Congress sharply curtailed that money. Special correspondent Mary Jo Brooks reports on the effects in Colorado.
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Popular health insurance co-ops 'orphaned by politics'
Clip: 12/21/2015 | 6m 58s
As consumers rush to enroll in the insurance exchanges, one change that's complicating signups is that more than half of the state-run health co-ops -- an alternative to private insurers -- were forced to shut down this year. The government was supposed to offset the costs, but Congress sharply curtailed that money. Special correspondent Mary Jo Brooks reports on the effects in Colorado.
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