As of early June, about 41% of people living in the United States are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Studies show that people who are va [...]
Little Known Medicaid Benefits: Burial Assistance Program
This blog is part of an ongoing series about little-known Medicaid benefits. An overview of Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Prog [...]
Public Charge 101
Updated May 2021 What is Public Charge? The public charge test applies when someone applies for a visa to enter the U.S., when an individua [...]
Talking with Clients About Public Charge Concerns
Updated May 2021 While fear and confusion around the public charge rule continue to keep people from signing up for health coverage and sca [...]
Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act in Colorado: Economic, Housing, and Food Assistance
If you have been reading the posts in this series, Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act in Colorado, you know that the American Rescu [...]
Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act in Colorado: Health First Colorado and CHP+
This post is part of our series called Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in Colorado – where we explain aspects of the ARPA [...]
Understanding the American Rescue Plan Act in Colorado: Private and Marketplace Insurance
President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, called the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), was signed in to law mid-March. The plan include [...]
COVID-19 Polices and Impacts Cause Continued Increase in Enrollment in 2020
The 2020 calendar year saw large increases among Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid program) enrollment in Q2, 3, and 4 and a combi [...]
2020 Year-in-Review
2020 was a year of change in many ways, with many new stressors – whether personal, professional, emotional, or financial. Despite these cha [...]
What is Emergency Medicaid and why should you talk to your clients about it?
Emergency Medicaid is a program for Coloradans who are not eligible for regular Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) benefit [...]