Colorado holds off on capping pay for home caregivers

Colorado holds off on capping pay for home caregivers

A plan to limit how many hours Medicaid will pay caregivers in Colorado is on hold until at least July, but state lawmakers haven’t entirely abandoned the possibility of making those cuts as they face an uncertain budget outlook. In the second half of last year, Gov. Jared Polis released a series of executive orders to reduce spending after federal tax cuts threw off Colorado’s budget. The state pegs its tax laws to the federal government’s and …