WASHINGTON - Unlike some states pushing for the Supreme Court to overturn the 2010 health-care reform law, Colorado is doing a lot to provide medical care to its 829,000 uninsured residents, experts say.
"We have a very robust health-care safety net that's currently providing care to many of our uninsured," said Gretchen Hammer, executive director of the Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved. "Just because one does not have health insurance does not mean that they don't have a medical home."
The biggest impediment to getting more people in the state to buy insurance is the high cost of policies, which average about $12,000 a year for a family plan.
Colorado is one of 26 states that have sued to overturn the Affordable Care Act. Even if the Supreme Court decides to do that, state lawmakers "continue to work toward state-focused solutions to improve our health-care system," said state Rep. John Kefalas, D-Fort Collins.
Fifty-eight percent of Coloradans lacking health coverage are employed, according to the Colorado Trust, a nonprofit that wants every state resident to have insurance by 2018. They either can't afford their share of employer-sponsored plans or the full cost of private plans, experts say.
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