Colorado to reinstate prior authorization for Medicaid patients’ therapy

Gov. Jared Polis ordered the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to reinstate prior authorization for ...

Thornton-based eye clinic to pay $250,000 fine for bilking Colorado’s Medicaid program for six years

A Thornton-based eye clinic will pay a $250,000 fine as part of a settlement with the Colorado Attorney General’s Office for ...
Colorado Public Radio

Nursing homes and their residents fear Medicaid cuts impacts

Senator John Hickenlooper visited a skilled nursing facility in Lakewood to hear the worries residents, caregivers and ...
The Durango Herald

When the federal government could shut down and what would it mean for Colorado

At 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, the federal government will shut down unless Congress can pass a short-term funding ...
Colorado Public Radio

When the government could shut down and what would it mean for Colorado

With the House out of town and the Senate far from a deal, funding for the federal government is set to run out on October ...

Colorado prisons get funding for more beds even though they’re required to reduce their population

The Colorado Legislature’s Joint Budget Committee this week approved on a 4-2 vote a $2.8 million supplemental budget request from the Colorado Department of Corrections to add 153 more private prison ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel

Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration is taking its immigration crackdown to the health care safety net, launching Medicaid spending probes in at least six Democratic-led states that ...

‘No Way I Could Pay $300 a Month’: Why Health Insurance Is Out of Reach for Many Young Adults, and What You Can Do

It’s getting increasingly difficult for young adults to afford health insurance. These strategies can help you navigate a tough environment.

Trump’s big bill is prompting urgent action in some Democratic states, but not in Republican ones

The diverging responses highlight the partisan schism over Trump’s signature legislative accomplishment of his second term.

Colorado lawmakers to face more budget cut decisions next year

Colorado state budget writers have another tough year of spending cuts ahead of them amid rising program costs and a slowing economy. The state could be about $841 million in the hole next year in a ...
Houston Chronicle

Trump administration investigates Medicaid spending on immigrants in Democratic states

Colorado is also considering cuts due to cost overruns ... California has an enormously complicated Medicaid program: It serves the largest population in the nation — nearly 15 million people — with a ...