Critical programs and services in Colorado perennially face cuts even in times of prosperity because of the budgetary constraints under the amendment known as Taxpayers Bill of Rights (or TABOR). This paradox is inadvertently exacerbated by the hospital provider fee...
Statement: CCLP Statement regarding AG’s opinion on the InnovAge conversion case
Elisabeth Arenales, Health Program Director for the Colorado Center on Law and Policy, issued the following statement about the Colorado Attorney General’s opinion in the conversion of Total Community Options Inc. (InnovAge): (PDF available here.) Colorado Attorney...
AG’s opinion could help low-income Coloradans
Low-income Coloradans often pay the price for the state’s budgetary quandaries. Fortunately, there are tools available to relieve some of the budgetary pressure caused by rigid constitutional requirements. The issue is whether lawmakers are willing to use those tools....
Legislative and Policy Preview 2016: Health Care
In 2016, the Colorado Center on Law and Policy will work to ensure that Medicaid expansions are protected and that program is available to all eligible applicants and participants. CCLP will protect the interests of low-income Coloradans as Colorado moves forward with...
Advocacy Alert: InnovAge conversion hearing, Dec. 17
Concerned Coloradans will have a chance to weigh in on a proposal that affects thousands of elderly and disabled Coloradans and hundreds of millions of dollars in community assets. Public testimony on the proposed InnovAge nonprofit conversion case will be heard on...