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Colorado’s community health programs would gain stability under bill to allow Medicaid funding

Goal is to bolster grant-funded programs designed to improve health and head off expensive hospitalizations

Vuela for Health community health worker Diane Medina, left, works with patient Mario Marquez during a heart health screening event at Vuela for Health on Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
Vuela for Health community health worker Diane Medina, left, works with patient Mario Marquez during a heart health screening event at Vuela for Health in Denver on Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo by Andy Cross/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - MARCH 7:  Meg Wingerter - Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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Programs using community health workers rely on grants, which organizations have to apply for every few years. A bill in the Colorado Senate would attempt to give them some increased stability by allowing Medicaid to pay.
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