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Senate approves $360M supplemental for Health Care Policy and Financing amid criticism of forecasting
Summary
Senators approved a supplemental appropriation for the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing, while critics on the floor said repeated forecasting errors require stronger accountability.
Senators on Feb. 6 approved Senate Bill 93, a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF), after floor debate about the department’s forecasting and budget management.
The nut graf: Supporters said the funding is necessary to maintain Medicaid and related services for Coloradans; opponents called the request the product of repeated forecasting failures and urged stronger oversight.
Senator Marchman spoke in support of the measure, saying the department serves “over 1,700,000 Coloradans” and that approval was…
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