text: "The issue, for many, is the price of insurance. Especially in rural areas of the state, the cost of insurance — even if it is reduced by federal tax subsidies — can still be many times more than the cost of paying the fine, said Joe Hanel, the manager of public policy outreach at the Colorado Health Institute and the report’s author."
  
  Wow, after ONLY eight years of the Repubs explaining this exact scenario would happen, the liberal media finally figures it out?
  
  You're a little late guys, and considering how you excoriated the Repubs for pointing that out then, you look even more like partisan hacks now.