This week, state officials told the federal government how they'll implement a key provision of the new federal health law: that people refused coverage for pre-existing conditions must have a new, reasonably affordable option for coverage. The federal government is giving Colorado about $90 million through 2014 to set up this new so-called "high risk pool." Ryan Warner talks to Lorez Meinhold, Governor Ritter's newly-appointed director of health reform implementation.
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