medicaid
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Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite governor support
TOPEKA, Kan. – Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand Medicaid, only to see their bipartisan effort rewarded with a veto from former conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. The election this month of a governor who supports Medicaid expansion seemed to remove the…
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SLOAN | Dems would make our costly mess of a health care system costlier and messier
Of the sundry issues floating about this high political season, one which seems to most animate Democrats (aside from more abstract concerns such as hatred for the president) is health care, and it is one which has invaded the most high-profile of Colorado’s state races, in particular that for governor. By “health care,” of course,…
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VIDEO: U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner talks of Colorado’s opioid abuse on Senate floor
The heartbreaking stories of Coloradans who know the epidemic of opioid abuse first hand are informing national policy. U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, takes what he hears in his home state to drive his passion around the issue, his office says. He spoke about the issue on the Senate floor Tuesday, referencing…
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Colorado bill to force Medicaid recipients to seek jobs fails in committee
DENVER – A bill that sought to make Colorado the fourth state to require able-bodied Medicaid recipients to hold or look for jobs failed Thursday. Sen. Beth Martinez Humenik, R-Thornton, joined with Democrats to sink Senate Bill 214 on a 3-2 vote by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. She cited the high cost to…
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House gives preliminary approval to 2018-19 budget
DENVER – Based on the packet of amendments to the Long Appropriations Bill, Colorado lawmakers are seeing dollar signs for the first time in years. On Wednesday night the Colorado House, on a voice vote, put its stamp on the 2018-19 budget – with a lot more changes than in years past. As Wednesday began,…
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Colorado Senate bill would add work requirements for Medicaid recipients
DENVER – The next big fight at the Colorado Capitol gets an opening bell Thursday when a Senate committee hears a bill to make many of those Medicaid get back to work or at least look for a job. Senate Bill 214, sponsored by Republican Sen. Larry Crowder of Alamosa and Rep. Susan Beckman of…
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Work requirements for welfare don’t work; focus on skill building instead
On this we can all agree: Employment is important – not only to provide for one’s family but also to generate the pride we all feel in an honest day’s work. As many people as possible should join the workforce, particularly here in Denver where employers are desperate for employees amid historically low unemployment and a…
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IN RESPONSE: We need transparency now in prescription-drug pricing
As a Type 1 diabetic, I have a choice: inject insulin or die. Every day for the last 46 years, I have injected insulin; if I go 24 hours without it, I will die a horrible death. When insulin was discovered in the 1920s, the patent was sold for one dollar. The researchers wanted to…
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THE PODIUM: State’s investment in oral health saves money — and lives
There are times when reaching out to those in need is not only the humane thing to do but also the most prudent. It can make for smart policy because it eases the cost on all society – a win-win for some of our most at-risk citizens and for the taxpaying public. Coloradans have been…