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Cost of Colorado Medicaid initiative for immigrant families 600% over the estimate

Colorado estimates its Medicaid initiative for immigrant families has surpassed the estimated program costs by over 600%, compared to the state legislature's fiscal analysts. The Cover All Coloradans ...
Colorado Politics

Colorado hospitals poised to receive $455 million Medicaid funding boost

A newly approved Medicaid financing program could provide a significant funding boost to hospitals across Colorado.
Yahoo

Medicaid spending doubled in Colorado despite enrollment

Editor's note: This story has been updated since its original publication to include comments from the Arizona Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. (The Center Square) - Colorado has seen ...
The Gazette

Colorado legislators drove up cost of Medicaid program

A visitor walks below the dome of the Colorado state Capitol Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, two days before the 2026 legislative session begins. The Capitol was constructed in the 1890s and opened in 1894.
KUNC

Families hope for a better system as state commission starts to scrutinize Medicaid program

The future of Colorado's Medicaid program is getting an in-depth look and that could lead to reforms. That’s the job of the ...
Heartland

Research & Commentary: Federal Waiver Can Save Colorado’s Medicaid Program

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

‘No magic bullet:’ Colorado officials seek ways to curb rising Medicaid costs

Colorado’s spending on Medicaid — the federal-state program that covers more than 1 in 5 low-income Coloradans — is reaching a point of unsustainability, state officials say. Cuts to the program may ...
Yahoo

Colorado joins lawsuit to block mass transfer of Medicaid data to ICE

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DENVER (KDVR) — Colorado joined with several other states to file a lawsuit in an effort to block the mass transfer of Medicaid ...
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Colorado Gov. Jared Polis proposes cuts to Medicaid amid out-of-control growth

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis unveiled an austere $47.9 billion state spending plan Friday that increases discretionary spending by a mere 2% while cutting the state workforce, Medicaid and reserve ...
The National Law Review

Colorado Medicaid: RAC Program Overhauled with Enhanced Transparency, Greater Provider Protections, and Increased Oversight

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up for any (or all) of our 25+ Newsletters. Some states have laws and ethical rules regarding solicitation and ...
The Denver Post

Colorado won’t say if it will turn over Medicaid data that feds could use to find immigrants

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The state agency that runs Colorado’s Medicaid program won’t say whether it will turn over requested data about enrollees to the Trump administration — ...
The Gazette

Colorado legislators drove up cost of Medicaid program

Some of Colorado’s spending woes in Medicaid can be traced to lawmakers who had approved new or expanded programs in the last few years, driving up state costs to the tune of tens of millions of ...