News/Politics 11-14-26

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We are “fee’d” to death in this state. No wonder many long time residents are fleeing to parts unknown!

A report puts a politically awkward question back on the table: what happens when a government health promise costs far more than predicted? Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is proposing to end the children’s portion of Cover All Coloradans, a program he signed in 2022 to provide coverage to children and pregnant women in the country illegally. Colorado Democrats and immigration activists celebrated the law when it was signed. Now some of those same allies are angry that its funding may be cut. Government programs apparently come with a return address, and this bill landed on taxpayers’ doorstep.

The reason is the price tag. The report says costs rose to seven times what Colorado experts had estimated. Polis has called Medicaid’s growth “unsustainable,” and his proposed budget includes $600 million in state Medicaid cuts. He also said Medicaid was on track to “crowd out everything else, including education.” That is a very different message from the usual election-season promise, when spending is presented as compassionate and the bill is treated like somebody else’s problem.

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