Surge in Spending Demands Restraint

Senate Republicans discuss new way to cut Medicaid in Trump’s tax bill

Key Republican senators are discussing a provision that would sharply limit federal spending on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion.

Column: Why Medicaid reform is appropriate

Battle lines are being drawn in Washington over whether to reduce spending on Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The debate, however, should not be framed solely as a fight over cuts. It should focus on reform. There…

Surge in spending demands restraint

The debate in Washington over reducing spending on Medicaid should not be framed solely as a fight over cuts. It should focus on reform. America needs to rein in the cost of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)…

Colorado Democrat Brittany Pettersen sounds alarm over potential Medicaid cuts

U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen warned Tuesday that looming cuts to Medicaid will have a domino effect across the health care system beyond the 1 million Coloradans who rely on the

Medicaid cuts in Trump tax bill could close 6 rural hospitals in Colorado, report warns

Six rural Colorado hospitals could close in the coming years if Congress adopts the more than $600 million in Medicaid cuts currently included in the Republican tax bill, according to projections commissioned by Senate Democrats. The listed hospitals are spread across the state, including three on the Western Slope, one in the San Luis Valley and two on the Eastern Plains. The report is based on one version of an evolving bill, so the final resu…

In this rural Colorado valley, cuts to Medicaid would have vast ripple effects

Cuts to Medicaid moving through Congress would shake up health care in the scenic San Luis Valley — with negative downstream effects on local jobs, businesses and education.