Medicaid spending in Colorado is unsustainable, Gov. Jared Polis says

According to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), long-term care for older Coloradans and ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Medicaid Cheaper to Grow in Colorado, Study Says

Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the federal government would fully fund any state’s expansion of the Medicaid program for three years to residents earning up to 138 percent of ...
The Colorado Sun

Colorado governor says state Medicaid spending is out of control, proposes measures to rein it in

Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s ...
JD Supra

Colorado Braces for Medicaid Changes

With the signature of President Trump’s marquee domestic policy bill—H.R.1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the federal approach to the Medicaid program is poised to change significantly. How ...
Colorado Politics

Medicaid spending surge for therapy sessions prompts Colorado to reinstate limits

Colorado’s health agency will reinstate prior authorization requirements for Medicaid patients’ therapy sessions next year as ...
Summit County

As Congress flirts with Medicaid cuts and Colorado’s budget crisis worsens, Western Slope health care providers brace for impact

When Congress ended automatic re-enrollment for Medicaid in spring 2023, a rural health center on Colorado’s Western Slope had no choice but to lay off staff. Mountain Family, a federally qualified ...
The Gazette

EDITORIAL: Stop the bleeding for Colorado Medicaid

Just weeks after some Colorado members of Congress publicly called on our state to stop hemorrhaging scarce Medicaid dollars on illegal immigration, the state’s attorney general instead has decided to ...