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Tag: Medicaid
Littwin: Still tilting at Obamacare, as the numbers pile up
You don't have be a mathematician, or a scientist, to understand the numbers. Any way you add them up, it looks as if Obamacare...
Colorado lawmakers work together to update lagging autism policy
DENVER — Here’s how it sometimes works at the Capitol: No politics, no one working angles. Instead, there were constituents experiencing a problem that...
Report: Transgender Coloradans still struggle to receieve adequate health care
“To go to the place where I felt I could get care, which was the VA, and to be denied was awful. It was so awful, I didn’t step foot in a VA for the next three years.”
Wiretap: Cliven Bundy and the cop killers
“[Bundy] put our people in grave danger by calling in armed civilians from around the country, and that’s not okay.”
Rep. Joshi ties Medicaid spending to possible Opium War-style degeneration
"I would just suggest to you to just go on Wikipedia and find 'Opium War' and see what happened. And I think that's gonna happen. I'm very worried."
Littwin: Obamacare rollout 2.0
We have finally reached the day of reckoning for Obamacare. Yes, the day comes a little late. In fact, it comes about about a...
Exchange Day: Members of self-employed generation eager to embrace Obamacare
There’s a brutal cocktail Obamacare begins to dilute: underemployment mixed with health-insurance-less-ness mixed with debt-load .
Majority of Americans support Medicaid expansion under Affordable Care Act
One of the most contentious parts of the 2010 health care reform law — a requirement that states expand their Medicaid programs — is supported by a strong majority of Americans, according to a recent poll.
Republican Governors Association calls for feds to pay undocumented immigrants’ Medicaid
This week, the Republican Governors Public Policy Committee released a report on Medicaid that outlines cost-saving measures decided upon by 31 Republican governors. Among the policy recommendations is a proposal to require the federal government to pay for the care of undocumented immigrants.
Ryan plan would hit Colorado hard, according to advocacy group
If enacted, the Ryan Medicare plan could result in significant cuts to health programs in Colorado. The proposal, titled “The Path to Prosperity,” was introduced in April by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). The plan would overturn the Affordable Care Act and make considerable changes to both Medicare and Medicaid.