The Congressional Budget Office this week estimated that 24 million more people nationwide would be uninsured by 2026 under the Republican’s health care bill, the American Health Care Act, than if the current law remained in place · Many of those losses come from Medicaid enrollment, but what does that mean for Colorado? We have answers. In a single sentence: It’s a joint state-federal program to provide health care for the poor and low-income. Get up to speed on all the intricate details about Medicaid in Colorado in this Q&A. ...
When Robin Wittenstein steps into Denver Health Medical Center on Wednesday for her first day as the new CEO, she will be walking into a hospital facing a potential funding crisis. Half of Denver H...
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The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing sent out the first renewal notices in March and began reassessing members' eligibility for Medicaid in May.
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According to the Denver Post, the city’s hospital system, known as Denver Health, is on the... That figure includes care to people covered by Medicaid when the rates the program paid...
The Republican’s new federal health care bill — the American Health Care Act — would make substantial changes to Medicaid. What is Medicaid and how does it work in Colorado? Here are nine questions and answers to get you up to speed. Medicaid is the government’s health care program for low-income kids and adults. People on Medicaid typically don’t have to pay for medical services, though there may be co-pays for some things. In general, you have to make tiny amounts of money to qualify for Medicaid. ...
Colorado’s health care providers — from rural medical centers to city hospitals to school programs — continued tallying Tuesday the potential damage of Bush administration-proposed cuts to Medicaid funds. The estimated $157 million a year in cuts could be the state’s “own little Katrina,” said Patricia Gabow, chief executive of Denver Health, the city’s safety-net hospital. “This is the most potentially devastating issue we have faced in more than three decades,” Gabow told the legislature Joint Budget Committee. ...
A Democratic candidate for governor is proposing a Medicaid-for-all health care system in... in Denver, “and far too many people in our state are not able to get the care that they need....
As Denver County and state attorney general investigators probe why an asthmatic boy on Medicaid couldn’t get his medication and died, advocates say eligibility glitches are a daily headache causing life-threatening problems for the poor. Since the recession drove thousands more people to the public safety net, advocacy lawyers have received an increasing number of calls from people unable to get health care or prescription drugs — even though they carry Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus eligibility cards. ...