Coloradans shopping for health insurance in the individual market could see substantial rate hikes averaging 27 percent next year. Health insurance company's in the state have asked for increases ranging from 12 to 41 percent for individual medical plans. Employer, small group medical plans, have remained stable with smaller increases ranging from 3 to 27 percent. Roughly 7 percent of Colorado residents, or about 450,000 people, buy individual health plans. Last year, rates r