Samuel “Todd” Young of Grand Junction has been appointed to the Health Insurance Affordability Board.

Young serves on the board for a term expiring Sept. 24 as a representative of a business that purchases or provides health insurance for its employees. He succeeds Shawn Satterfield of Evergreen, who resigned.

The board administers the health insurance affordability fee on Colorado health insurance carriers as well as a special assessment on hospitals to fund measures to reduce the cost of individual health insurance in the state.