House Health & Human Services
A vote-free afternoon for House Health & Human Services turned into a pointed exchange over data and dollars, as the Colorado Health Foundation's annual Pulse Poll drew Republican questions about its methodology and mission, and a six-member Save Our Safety Net Coalition warned that looming Medicaid cuts would forfeit federal match dollars and push rural hospitals and clinics toward closure.
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Sign in to subscribeThe health and human services committee will come to order. Mr. Shidoun, can you please call the roll? Representatives barone. Present. Bradfield. Here. Bradley. Here. English. Here. Ray. Oh, here it is. Sorry. Weirdo. Excused. Hamrick. Here. Johnson. Here. Mccormick. Excused. Ryden. Here. Stewart. Excused. Woke. Here. Leader. Present. Madam chair. Present. I'd like to note that Representative Frey and Representative K. Stewart have attended. Are here. Okay. Thank you all for being here today. We're really looking forward to this briefing. We asked the Colorado Health foundation and the others from the Save Our Safety Net Coalition to come and give us an overview of health care in the state of Colorado and what we're sort of facing as we enter into this legislative session. And so really looking forward to a robust discussion focused on that and looking forward to the Colorado Health foundation to present their poll and to give us an overview about what Coloradans are thinking about and what they're worried about and focused on. So with that, we'll go ahead and get started. Yes. Could you introduce yourself, state your name and the organization you represent. Thank you so much. Good afternoon, everyone. My…
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