Insurance commissioner sets record straight

DENVER – There’s still a lot of confusion and misinformation surrounding new provisions of the federal health care reform act enacted by Congress earlier this year.

In an attempt to clear up some of that muddy water, Marcy Morrison, Colorado’s outgoing insurance commissioner – she is stepping down at the end of the month – on Nov. 4 released findings that refute the notion that the new health-care act has become the primary cause of ever-rising insurance rates.

While some businesses and individuals are seeing their policy rates going up 10 percent to 30 percent in 2011, Morrison’s office analyzed insurance company…