Overspending in the current fiscal year budget for Colorado’s Medicaid program could exceed $400 million unless lawmakers make additional cuts.

Democratic Gov. Jared Polis unveiled an austere $47.9 billion state spending plan Friday that increases discretionary spending by a mere 2% while cutting the state workforce, Medicaid and reserve ...

The new rules will impact 377,000 Health First Colorado members, according to the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing.

Changes are part of HR1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which Republicans and President Trump passed last year.

Proposed federal rules could cut hundreds of millions of dollars annually for Medicaid and also impact health insurance programs, state says.

A Colorado doctor fraudulently billed the state’s Medicaid program for nearly $375,000 after his clinic lost its license to provide opioid addiction treatment services in 2022, a new lawsuit alleges.

Colorado lawmakers are facing their second budget cycle in a row in which they’re forecast to have about $1 billion less than they need to continue current levels of state programs and services. And ...

Medicaid expenses are expected to be $443 million over the budget in Colorado in 2026-27. That's almost three times the previous fiscal year's budget gap.

The continuing growth in states’ Medicaid programs has placed a severe financial strain on state budgets. In fiscal year 2024, Medicaid was the largest category of total state spending, consuming 29.8 ...

Some of Colorado’s spending woes in Medicaid can be traced to lawmakers who had approved new or expanded programs in the last few years, driving up state costs to the tune of tens of millions of ...

Several major changes to Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program established under last year’s congressional budget bill take effect on Oct. 1.