Stories Needed in Support of Insurance Expansions

As posted on CRHC’s bill tracker, HB11-1025 is a bill to repeal the Hospital Provider Fee. The Colorado Hospital Association is leading efforts, in collaboration with other organizations including CRHC, to oppose HB11-1025. Since its passage two years ago, the Provider Fee has helped increase access to healthcare for medically underserved Coloradans and reduced the amount of uncompensated care provided by hospitals without drawing on Colorado’s General Fund. To protect the Provider Fee, as well as current and future coverage expansions, please share your story if you have benefitted from expanded coverage (or will benefit from future expansions) by emailing Alicia Haywood at ah@coruralhealth.org.  As a reminder, the expansions include: increase Medicaid eligibility for parents from 60% to 100% of the federal poverty level (FPL); increase CHP+ eligibility for children and pregnant women to 250% FPL; option for people with disabilities to buy into the Medicaid program up to 450% FPL; and allow eligibility for adults without dependent children up to 100% FPL.