Colorado's House Business Affairs and Labor Committee has struck down an auto insurance bill slated to help reimburse hospitals, doctors and ambulance companies that deal with car accident victims. House Bill 1009, sponsored by Rep. Tom Massey, (R-Pagosa Springs), was defeated by an 8-3 vote. The proposal would have made car insurers back a $10,000 medical coverage policy to Colorado motorists who do not have health insurance.
Auto insurers, however, said no to the bill, reporting it would have caused people who presently have health insurance to pay for the coverage twice. Massey retooled the bill to exempt people who presently have urgent care coverage, but it still went down to defeat.
Massey had argued that doctors, rural hospitals and ambulance companies do not get paid properly, if at all, when it comes to accidents.
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