April 19, 2010
This issue brief describes and provides estimates of the adult population in Colorado who will benefit from Medicaid and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) coverage expansions as a result of the passage of Colorado’s Healthcare Affordability Act (HB 09-1293) and the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590) signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. The brief focuses on working-age adults (ages 19-64) in Colorado who are currently uninsured and provides estimates of how many will become eligible for publicly financed health care coverage as a result of the federal and state eligibility expansions.