
Meg Wingerter
Health Reporter at The Denver Post
I cover health for The Denver Post. Open to story ideas! Opinions are mine and retweets aren't endorsements. She/her/hers
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5 days ago |
denver7.com | Meg Wingerter
Six rural Colorado hospitals could close in the coming years if Congress adopts the more than $600 million in Medicaid cuts currently included in the Republican tax bill, according to projections commissioned by Senate Democrats. The listed hospitals are spread across the state, including three on the Western Slope, one in the San Luis Valley and two on the Eastern Plains.
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5 days ago |
denverpost.com | Meg Wingerter
Six rural Colorado hospitals could close in the coming years if Congress adopts the more than $600 million in Medicaid cuts currently included in the Republican tax bill, according to projections commissioned by Senate Democrats. The listed hospitals are spread across the state, including three on the Western Slope, one in the San Luis Valley and two on the Eastern Plains.
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1 week ago |
eptrail.com | Meg Wingerter
Colorado won’t say if it will turn over Medicaid data that feds could use to find immigrants Trump administration has given Department of Homeland Security access to 3 states' data
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1 week ago |
denverpost.com | Meg Wingerter
The state agency that runs Colorado’s Medicaid program won’t say whether it will turn over requested data about enrollees to the Trump administration — information that could be used to track down undocumented people for deportation.
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1 week ago |
canoncitydailyrecord.com | Meg Wingerter
Since the 1990s, American children whose parents can’t afford to pay for vaccines have gotten them for free, once an expert committee determined the shots were safe and cost-effective. The Vaccines for Children program, created in the aftermath of a measles outbreak that hit kids from low-income families disproportionately hard, must cover shots recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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