The Aspen Times

Colorado lawmakers scrutinize strategies to rein in state Medicaid spending

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers tasked with writing the state’s annual budget voiced concerns on Monday over ...
SummitDaily.com

‘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 ...
Daily Camera

Colorado Medicaid cuts to home caregiver program would put strain on families that ‘are already struggling’

Susan Root often works 16-hour days as she makes sure the machines that feed her daughter and pump oxygen into her lungs are working. She also manages her daughter’s seizures and handles all the ...

Colorado rural hospitals to receive $200M annually, but Medicaid cuts total more than $1B

Rural hospitals will benefit from $200 million in federal funding each year for the next five years, but Colorado is losing ...
The Aspen Times

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 ...
Governing

States Move to Rein In ‘Gold Standard’ Autism Therapy as Medicaid Spending Surges

Applied behavior analysis has become one of Medicaid’s fastest-growing costs, prompting cuts that families say threaten ...
KUNC

Rural Colorado hospitals, health centers expected to see $1B in federal investments over next 5 years

The money, which is far more than what state officials had been anticipating to get, will come from congressional Republicans ...