Commission on Medicaid

Thursday, June 4, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

Colorado's newly seated Commission on Medicaid elected its leadership, deadlocked in an early philosophical fight over how many votes its final report should require, and got a sobering briefing on federal cuts under HR1 and the runaway growth of the state's single largest budget line.

Key Actions

·Selection of Chair and Vice ChairAction

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Notable Quotes

“I think we should set the rules of the committee today, and I think that it should be, I actually think it should be a two thirds vote so that we're assured that there is a minority voice in putting the report together.”
Barbara Kirkmeyer — Kirkmeyer's push for a supermajority threshold framed the central procedural fight over how the commission's final recommendations will be adopted.

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TranscriptPreview

All right. Good morning, everyone. Welcome. I will call the Colorado Commission on Medicaid to order. Mr. Brown, please call the roll. Senators and Representatives Amable? Here. Baron. Present. Bridges? Yep. Brown. Here. Rizal. Present. Gilchrist. Present. Kirk. Meyer. Here. Malika? Here. Serota. Here. Taggart. Here. All right, we are all present and accounted for. So we have the bill laid out a process for us to select a chair and vice chair. That is essentially our first order of business. And then I think I'll let the chair set the table for everything that's to come next. So is there anyone who would like to make a nomination for chair? Representative Brown. Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to nominate Senator Mobile to be chair of the commission. I think she's honestly has helped us organize ourselves and was instrumental on the JVC in getting this bill passed. And I think it would be only fitting that she could help lead us through her leadership, could help guide us through this very, very difficult process. She would be an excellent chair, and I would support her in her pursuit of chair. All right, lovely. Are there any other…

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