The Denver Post
by Allison Sherry and Michael Booth
January 10, 2014

An administrator at Colorado's Division of Insurance felt intimidated by U.S. Sen. Mark Udall's legislative director in November after the aide pushed back against claims that 250,000 Coloradans had policies canceled because of the Affordable Care Act, according to internal e-mails.

The 250,000 number, which garnered national attention and drew a response from President Barack Obama, was openly challenged by Udall at the time. He called it misleading because about 95 percent, or about 237,500, of those "cancellations" included offers to renew current plans.

The tension between the senior senator's staff and state insurance administrators came as Udall — up for re-election this year — scrambled with other Democrats on Capitol Hill to defend a bungled rollout of the new health care law.

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