As of Oct. 10, 2025, Colorado Medicaid now limits coverage of definitive drug testing for adults 21 and older to 16 units per fiscal year. The emergency rule will remain in effect through Feb. 7, 2026 ...

Colorado’s spending on Medicaid — the federal-state program that covers more than 1 in 5 low-income Coloradans — is reaching a point of unsustainability, state officials say. Cuts to the program may ...

Some Colorado lawmakers say Gov. Jared Polis is creating a health care crisis with his plan to limit Medicaid growth. In the governor's budget proposal for next year, Medicaid funding would need to ...

A new budget proposal from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis would slow the rate of state Medicaid spending, including limiting certain services, while continuing to make good on his and the legislature’s ...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers tasked with writing the state’s annual budget voiced concerns on Monday over proposals to curb Medicaid spending during a marathon, multi-hour hearing.