Tracking what's destroying Colorado
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
A curated collection of bills, news, and resources about Colorado politics and policy
The Adams County GOP is sounding the alarm on Colorado House Bill 26-1327 (“Medicaid Madness”). The legislation would impose a $2,300 per-employee fine on the state’s largest employers for every worker enrolled in Medicaid. Democrats claim it recoups subsidies, but critics say it’s a desperate attempt to fix a massive Medicaid deficit created by years of runaway spending — especially on services for illegal immigrants — rather than reforming the program or cutting waste. The bill is being slammed as anti-business, anti-job, and a direct threat to entry-level and part-time positions.
Colorado Democrats have perfected the art of fiscal failure: explode the budget on open-border giveaways and bureaucratic bloat, then punish the very job creators who keep families employed and the economy humming. HB 26-1327 isn’t “recouping subsidies” — it’s a classic leftist shakedown that tells businesses, “You hired them, now you pay our tab.”
Economics 101 is apparently optional in Denver: when you jack up the cost of hiring, companies don’t just shrug and write bigger checks — they cut hours, freeze hiring, automate, or simply pack up and leave for states that don’t treat employers like ATM machines. The hardest hit? Low-skill and entry-level workers who lose the very jobs that get them off public assistance in the first place.
This isn’t compassion; it’s economic sabotage dressed up as fairness. Instead of securing the border, cracking down on fraud, or forcing accountability in Medicaid, Democrats want productive Coloradans to subsidize their sanctuary-state fantasy.
Governor Polis, the veto pen is your friend. Kill this bill before it kills more Colorado jobs. Freedom and free enterprise built this state — not another round of government extortion.