Medicaid

Gov. Polis is asking lawmakers to slow spending on Medicaid and to privatize Pinnacol Assurance.

The fear comes as Senate Democrats voted to end the shutdown without a fix for an expiring tax credit that helps Coloradans buy health insurance on the marketplace.

During the special session, the legislature passed a bill ceding the responsibility of cutting the budget to the governor’s office.

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The absence of Medicaid reimbursements would reduce the STRIDE team’s capacity to serve homeless patients in the Denver area.

Therapists and other clinicians in Colorado found out this week that their rates for serving low income clients will drop significantly starting this fall.

The budget bill would cut trillions in taxes while chopping back historic levels of funding for safety net programs like Medicaid and SNAP.

The cuts will enable the state to absorb the rising costs of Medicaid and fully fund K-12 for another year. But they didn’t eliminate the state’s structural deficit, which will require ongoing cuts for years to come.

Most of the cuts have barely made a dent in the state’s $1.2 billion budget gap. But every dollar saved is a dollar they won’t have to cut this week from the big expense — Medicaid providers, education and the state workforce. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Brian Eason and then read The Colorado Sun story at the link below.

Most of the cuts have barely made a dent in the state’s $1.2 billion budget gap. But every dollar saved is a dollar they won’t have to cut this week from the big programs — Medicaid providers, education and the state workforce.