Report: Under GOP health plan, 600,000 Coloradans eventually lose Medicaid coverage

Nearly 600,000 Coloradans will likely lose Medicaid coverage and become uninsured by 2030 under the Congressional Republicans' latest proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act, a report released Thursday found.

The coverage losses come as Colorado faces a $14 billion drop in federal Medicaid funding by the year 2030 under the proposed law, which slashes money for the program while capping future funding levels.

The analysis of the proposed American Health Care Act was released Thursday by the Colorado Health Institute, a Denver-based research institute that does not lobby or take positions on proposed legislation.

Few options exist to avoid dropping coverage of one-third of the state's Medicaid enrollees, said Joe

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