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Families of people with long-term disabilities allege dysfunction and chaos within Colorado's Medicaid offices are failing the state's most vulnerable populations.

Medical debt in Colorado is also concentrated in ZIP codes with relatively high shares of immigrants

Medical debt in Colorado is also concentrated in ZIP codes with relatively high shares of immigrants, many of whom are from Mexico.

In February, Norma Brambila's teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a drawing of a rose, and a note encouraging Brambila to "keep fighting" her sickness and reminding her she'd someday join her family in heaven.

Colorado is ahead of the curve on policies to prevent medical debt, but the gap between the debt load in places inhabited primarily by people of color versus non-Hispanic white residents is greater than the national average.

After a state board declared a drug’s price “unaffordable,” some lawmakers want to exempt large swaths of drugs from price caps

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing sent out the first renewal notices in March and began reassessing members' eligibility for Medicaid in May.

During the COVID-19 public health emergency, states received extra federal money if they kept almost everyone already in Medicaid on their rolls.

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing sent out the first renewal notices in March and began reassessing members' eligibility for Medicaid in May.

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing sent out the first renewal notices in March and began reassessing members' eligibility for Medicaid in May.