Medicaid

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.

The state price tag of administering the program has risen dramatically in recent years, far outpacing the voter-imposed cap on government growth and spending.

On Tuesday morning, around a hundred people gathered on the west steps of the state Capitol.

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