Small businesses’ health-insurance access improves

Federal, state legislation broadens availability of low-cost insurance

Whether you employ only yourself or as many as 49 others, your ability to secure reasonably priced health care in Colorado has increased dramatically in recent years with the help of heavy-hitting federal and state legislation and innovative partnerships designed to pump up purchasing power.

Choice, availability and cost of managed health-care plans have improved for employers of all sizes in Colorado, and the situation will only get better with the enactment of new federal reforms this year, said Barbara Yondorf, director of policy and research for the Colorado Division of Insurance.

The Kassebaum-Kennedy health-insurance…