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The pain Gabe Evans voted to inflict on Coloradans by gutting Medicaid to pay for tax cuts for billionaires is “coming into focus,” Axios Denver reports.
More than one million Coloradans “will experience additional barriers to receiving health care, including red tape and coverage losses,” while all Colorado taxpayers will be forced to foot the $57 million bill to implement the harsh Medicaid cuts.
Coverage losses will also “trickle down” to hospitals that provide life-saving care to patients who can no longer afford to pay for it. The revenue losses “will then hit local economies.”
REMINDER: 63% of registered voters in Gabe Evans’ district say they are “less likely” to support a candidate who voted to cut Medicaid.
DCCC Spokesperson Lindsay Reilly:
“Gabe Evans sold out Coloradans’ health care to pay for tax cuts for billionaires. Hundreds of thousands of Coloradans could lose their health care, at least six in-state hospitals could close, and virtually every Colorado family could see their health care bills go up because of Evans’ disastrous agenda. Evans is a disgrace, and voters will hold him accountable in 2026.”
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Axios Denver: How Trump’s bill impacts Medicaid in Colorado
- The far-reaching impacts on Medicaid from President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” are coming into focus in Colorado, and health care advocates are calling the looming changes life-threatening.
- All 1.1 million people — from seniors to children — enrolled in the state’s Medicaid program, known as Health First Colorado, will experience additional barriers to receiving health care, including red tape and coverage losses.
- The changes mandated by H.R. 1 started to take effect July 4, the day the bill was signed, with the on-again, off-again ban on Medicaid patients seeking care at Planned Parenthood. The ban applies to roughly 14,000 people on Medicaid in Colorado.
- The bulk of the impact takes effect in January 2027 when new work requirements and six-month eligibility checks come into play.
- The state estimates that 377,000 people will lose Medicaid benefits as a result.
- And those changes are estimated to cost the state about $57 million to implement, according to state officials.
- Without coverage, people will take on medical debt, delay care, lose access to medications and miss preventive screenings, making these changes life-threatening, health care advocates contend.
- The loss of coverage will trickle down to hospitals and health care centers because patients won’t be able to pay their bills.
- The drop in revenue will then hit local economies, advocates contend.
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