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Polis warns budget writers Medicaid costs could eat up revenue from new graduated income tax

States Newsroom · November 13, 2026

Gov. Jared Polis once again urged the Colorado lawmakers tasked with writing the state budget to slow state Medicaid spending, warning that new revenue from a recently-passed ballot measure would soon go entirely to the program if it’s left unchanged. “In three years, if you don’t rein in Medicaid, all that…

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Polis warns budget writers Medicaid costs could eat up revenue from new graduated income tax

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