Health care  

The Denver Post: Colorado scaling back Medicaid after drastically underestimating numbers, cost
Two years after lawmakers expanded Medicaid to cover poor adults without children, the state is vastly scaling back the program because the number of people eligible for coverage is nearly three times as high as first projected and the cost of insuring them is almost nine times original estimates. Including comment from Colorado Center on Law and Policy Health Care Program Director Elisabeth Arenales.

Health Policy Solutions commentary: Mental health support critical to unemployed Coloradans and their families
For unemployed workers, the mental health pressures of joblessness are a personal burden, but also a burden on the whole family. Children sense when a parent is distressed due to work and finances. Additionally, extended family members and friends are often called upon to provide emotional and financial support, and even a place to live when loved ones lose a job and home. Suddenly, family relationships are strained and it becomes difficult to focus on the job hunt.


Fiscal policy
Denver Post commentary: In education, money isn't all
While the Lobato case is finally forcing the state to take a hard look at what it costs to provide a "thorough and uniform" public school system, state and district policymakers should also keep in mind that additional revenues for education will not by themselves guarantee better student outcomes.

Boulder Daily Camera: New tax recommended for affordable housing in Boulder
Boulder should consider a new tax -- on workers, visitors, shoppers or property owners -- to help fund affordable housing programs, according to the preliminary findings of a city task force.

Associated Press via Fort Collins Coloradoan: Study suggests big repairs to CO's finances
Economists say Colorado's finances are out of whack because lawmakers are in some ways required to spend tax money, and in other areas prohibited from raising tax money. One analyst says it's as is if Colorado has one foot on the gas pedal and one foot on the brake.


Jobs and economic security
Denver Business Journal: Colorado layoff notices continue to decline
Colorado employers announced plans to eliminate 100 jobs in August, continuing a steady decline, according to a report released Wednesday by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.