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Anthem and Rocky Mountain Health Plans reverse decision to discontinue some Colorado plans

A photo taken of a computer screen showing text. The image is Connect for Health Colorado's webpage.
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The website for Connect for Health Colorado, the state's health insurance exchange, photographed on October 29th, 2025.

Two major health insurers in Colorado — Anthem and Rocky Mountain Health Plans — have reversed their plans to withdraw from several counties next year.

The withdrawals would have affected only people who don’t get coverage through a job and instead buy it on their own. Anthem’s and Rocky’s decisions to remain in those counties — which were mostly along the Front Range — came after the state legislature made new funding available during the recent special session to address what are expected to be steep price increases.

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John Ingold is a co-founder of The Colorado Sun and a reporter currently specializing in health care coverage.