Colorado Sun: $10,000-a-day fines and other things to know about Colorado’s new public health insurance option bill

After months of debate, numerous reports and an opposition advertising campaign, Colorado lawmakers on Thursday officially introduced the bill that would create a public health insurance option in the state.

Many of the details remain the same from earlier proposals — the option plans would be available at first only to people who buy coverage on their own; the state would set hospital prices for people covered by the public option; insurance companies that already sell plans in the individual market would be required to also offer the public option.