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The bill setting the stage for Medicaid expansion passed its first hurdle Thursday evening. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 5-2 in favor of SB 200, the bill sponsored by Sen. Irene Aguilar, D-Denver, that would allow Colorado to participate in the Medicaid expansion outlined in the Affordable Care Act.
The much-anticipated Medicaid expansion bill was introduced in the Senate last Friday by Senator Aguilar. The bill itself is simple, but the debate is likely to be more complicated.
In this presentation given to legislators, CHI’s Michele Lueck and Jeff Bontrager answer the following questions about Colorado’s Medicaid expansion decision: 1. What’s at stake? 2. How did we get here? 3. What do the studies tell us?
Few health-related bills have been introduced since our last legislative roundup, but here is the roundup of bills we are watching and their updated status.
It’s not every day that Republicans, Democrats, insurance companies and advocacy groups all agree on a health care policy. But that was the case yesterday with Representative Beth McCann’s bill to repeal CoverColorado (HB13-1115).
Since our last legislative roundup, many health-related bills have been introduced. In this week’s list, we included the bills from the last round-up and updated their status. We’ve also added several new bills and summaries.
Here at CHI, we took a short break from our focus on health policy and turned our attention to the White House as we head into President’s Day Weekend. Each staffer picked a favorite president – and provided the reason.
One of the many bills that the Colorado Health Institute is tracking this session is HB 13-1006 (Breakfast After the Bell Nutrition Program). HB 13-1006 would require each Colorado school in which 70 percent or more of its students are eligible for free or reduced lunch to offer a free breakfast to all students.
It’s been almost a month since the legislative session got underway, and the Colorado Health Institute has been carefully tracking the health-related bills introduced this year.
Colorado will see sweeping changes beginning in late 2013 in how people obtain health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Change inevitably represents opportunity – and anxiety. This presentation provides an overview of the anticipated changes as well as details about questions facing small businesses, individuals, seniors and others.