VA Secretary defends staffing cuts in visit to regional veterans hospital in Aurora
What might impact Colorado veterans is unclear, but Collins says most were exempted from Medicaid and SNAP cuts.
Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains resumes scheduling for patients enrolled in Medicaid, for now
Judge grants a restraining order in what the agency calls a temporary fix.
Colorado AG sues Trump administration over new ACA health coverage rules
This is the 29th lawsuit the attorney general has filed against a variety of actions and orders by the administration.
Colorado health insurance rates expected to skyrocket after budget bill slashes health spending
The nearly 300,000 people who get their coverage on the individual market could see a 28 percent increase or higher if you live on the Western Slope.
High costs of living and health care hit Coloradans hard, according to new poll
And in a new trend, respondents suggest government and politics as an important issue facing the state.
Colorado settles lawsuit with MedRide, the state’s largest provider of non-emergency medical transport
The standoff involved a dispute over documentation for reimbursement payments between MedRide and the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
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Take a peek behind the curtain to the newsroom to answer a Colorado Wonders question.
One Big Beautiful Bill law blocks Colorado patients on Medicaid to go to Planned Parenthood for care as others face future without SNAP
The impact of the massive Republican budget act is showing up in organizations across Colorado
‘Let’s try for something better than this bill,’ Colorado political and health leaders say as GOP federal budget bill nears passage
They made the case that the bill, which amounts to the largest healthcare cuts in history, puts health care, food assistance and jobs on the chopping block.
Colorado joins 19 other states to stop transfer of Medicaid data to federal health and immigration agencies
Colorado is joining a multistate coalition in a lawsuit to block the mass transfer of individual personal data to DHS and ICE.
A key rural hospital in La Junta is laying people off with deep federal Medicaid cuts looming
The Arkansas Valley Regional Medical Center says it is laying off staff as a cost-saving measure.
“It saved my life.” Public health groups express relief as Colorado AG directs $3 million in opioid settlement funds to overdose reversal kits
Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday that money from Colorado’s opioid settlement will go into a statewide fund to buy naloxone, also called Narcan, in bulk.
Federal request for Medicaid data has advocacy groups raising safety, health and privacy concerns
Colorado is in tug of war over the personal data, including immigration status, of tens of thousands of people.
Colorado’s new law protects vaccine recommendations from RFK Jr.’s CDC overhaul
State leads the way in allowing the health department to rely on a high-profile physicians group’s recommendations, not just the CDC, but no guidance has been changed.
Colorado leaders, hospitals paint bleak picture of Medicaid cuts if GOP bill becomes law
Gov. Polis and Rep. Pettersen say hundreds of thousands of Coloradans would lose health coverage and endanger rural providers.
Survey shows strong majority of Coloradans back Medicaid as GOP Congress weighs deep cuts to the program
This includes 63% of voters in Colorado’s hotly contested 8th Congressional District, who said they were less likely to vote for a candidate who votes to cut Medicaid.
