Medicaid

Peer coaches who have gone through addiction recovery, and spent time in jail or without housing, help others navigate the journey were allocated funds from the state legislature via Medicaid. Marty Lenz spoke with Jennifer Brown who covered this story for the Colorado Sun.

State and federal subsidies, though, will blunt the price increases for people with lower incomes.

That’s especially true in the Mountain West. In most states, if one delivery unit shuts down, the next closest one is more than an hour away.

Medicaid took the brunt of the final reductions, include a reimbursement rate cut for providers and a cap on Cover All Coloradans, which provides health care to immigrants who are children or pregnant.

Kim Bimestefer’s resignation comes as the state Medicaid program has dealt with billing mistakes and scrutiny over past spending.

The state predicts that the Covering All Coloradans program will cost Colorado $104.5 million in the fiscal year that began July 1. Nonpartisan fiscal analysts estimated the cost would be $14.7 million.

The state must repay the federal government $42.6 million after “questionable billing patterns." Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Jennifer Brown and then read the entire article at the link below.

The cuts would have capped hours and lowered rates for parents caring for adults and children with severe disabilities.

The move scrambles Colorado’s healthcare landscape, amplifying fear for immigrants and institutions providing care.

This now threatens funding for programs supporting thousands of Colorado families with children with disabilities.