Medicaid spending doubled in Colorado despite enrollment

This story has been updated since its original publication to include comments from the Arizona Department of Health Care ...
Opinion

EDITORIAL: Colorado’s Medicaid quagmire

Last summer, the General Assembly convened a special session to make quick fixes to an $800 million budget shortfall. Lawmakers put Band-Aids on the problem, which is back again in the current ...
Post Independent Citizen Telegram

Colorado seeks at least $500 million in rural health funding from federal Republicans’ megabill

Colorado health officials are seeking at least $500 million in health care funding over five years for rural communities, as cuts to Medicaid and other safety-net services are set to take hold. The ...
The Aspen Times

‘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 ...