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Medicaid

Medicaid cuts ‘cruel and unnecessary,’ La Plata County commissioner says

Commissioners pass resolution opposing proposed restrictions to public health insurance program

DATE: Jun 24, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango residents meet in Buckley Park to defend Medicaid on Saturday

Speakers call out damage to health care threatened by Trump’s 'big, beautiful bill’

DATE: May 31, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

After meeting with Rep. Jeff Hurd, La Plata County commissioners feel ‘very heard’

Board met with Colorado congressman to voice concerns over federal spending cuts

DATE: Apr 1, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Cuts to Medicaid will impact services for all, Southwest Colorado medical providers say

Axis Health System, Mercy see financial strain if health care for low-income families is cut

DATE: Mar 23, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bennet confronts Robert F. Kennedy Jr. about history of conspiracy theory claims

‘We'd be a lot better off with somebody in that job who has to hold the science’

DATE: Jan 29, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

La Plata County Medicaid rolls shrank 40% in the last 18 months

Open enrollment on Colorado’s health care marketplace began Nov. 1

DATE: Nov 4, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Autism care providers say Colorado’s Medicaid program is contributing to closures, burnout and financial stress

Memories of Carmen Peebles’ old job came flooding back to her as she sat in Denver’s City Park. She often brought the children she worked with there to play and get outside. As a board certi...

DATE: Nov 17, 2023 | CATEGORY: Regional News

About a third of residents in Southwest Colorado must prove Medicaid eligibility

19% of those enrolled could be deemed ineligible statewide in next year

DATE: Apr 18, 2023 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado releases list of prescription drugs to import from Canada

In an application sent to the federal government, the state is asking to bring in 112 drugs at an average savings of 65%

DATE: Dec 6, 2022 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Doctors see surge in patients seeking routine care as pandemic shifts

Preventive medicine, crucial to long-term health, lagged with presence of COVID-19

DATE: Mar 24, 2022 | CATEGORY: Health

The big picture: Integrated health care looks at social, physical and psychological needs

Axis Health System’s unique model personalizes medicine

DATE: Feb 15, 2022 | CATEGORY: Local News

Upper Pine joins pilot program to rework ambulance services

Study aims to decrease medical costs, improve treatment access

DATE: Mar 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Local News

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