Health insurance increases to be smaller in 2019

DENVER — Individual health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act in Colorado will increase, on average, 5.6 percent, and small group plans for employers with two to 100 employees will increase 7.28 percent for 2019.

The Colorado Division of Insurance, part of the Department of Regulatory Agencies, released the approved plans and rates last week. Increases are less than for 2018, which saw individual plans increase 32 percent from 2017.  

Averages, the Division of Insurance noted, are for all regions of the state, for all insurance…