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While the Trump Administration aims to make large Medicaid cuts, Colorado lawmakers are taking a different approach.
The National League West-leading Rockies are off to a great start this season, and a new analysis by the Colorado Health Institute shows they aren’t the state’s only recent success story.
Another Drop During Second Year of Affordable Care Act
A CHI analysis finds the proposal by congressional Republicans to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would cause large reductions in Colorado’s Medicaid membership and a huge drop in federal funding for the low-income health coverage program.
One of the first questions that Allie Morgan, CHI’s Legislative Director and Policy Analyst, asked me when I interviewed here was, “How confident are you with Excel?” Sure enough, my first project at CHI exposed me to more spreadsheets, tables and lists than I had seen in my lifetime.
An Analysis of Enrollment, Costs and Benefits – and How They Exceeded Expectations
Colorado is chipping away at the percentage of residents who remain uninsured even though they are eligible for the Medicaid or Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) public insurance programs.
Call me a geography geek or an atlas addict: I’ve always been a fan of maps. It follows, then, that a recent announcement by the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) would have me scuttling to my bulletin board and unpinning two of my favorites.
People have been trying to wrap their heads around the new modified adjusted gross income standard – or MAGI – since it was first introduced as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). It’s no wonder why – these standards are complicated.
The federal government’s new modified adjusted gross income (MAGI) standard might seem like it was conjured out of thin air, but after reading our primer, you’ll be a certified MAGI magician.