Some wary of insurance bias on exchange board

DENVER – The newly appointed Health Insurance Exchange Board could be off to a bad start.

The makeup of the nine-member board, which is supposed to be balanced between insurance industry insiders and outsiders, insurance users and providers, Republicans and Democrats, has been criticized as it begins its work to create a health insurance marketplace for Colorado.

The health insurance exchange – part of the national health-care reform act passed by Congress in 2010 – calls on states to set up marketplaces where consumers can shop for insurance plans that meet federal requirements and where prices and benefits can easily be compared.

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