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Colorado Center on Law and Policy earns fifth consecutive Four-Star Rating from Charity Navigator
PRESS RELEASE: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announces groundbreaking plan to protect Americans from the devastating effects of medical debt
25th anniversary recap
A first look at the Medicaid unwind: August 2023
Recent posts

CCLP at Federal CFPB Hearing: Medical debt is a solvable crisis
On Tuesday, July 11, 2023, Julia Char Gilbert, CCLP’s Connelly Policy Advocate, was a panelist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau hearing on medical billing and collections in Washington, D.C.

CCLP’s comment on ending the exclusion of DACA recipients from Medicaid and CHIP
CCLP submitted a comment in support of a proposed federal rule that would end the exclusion of DACA recipients from Medicaid and CHIP.

A win for Medicaid recipients in Talevski
The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Talevski, upholding the rights of beneficiaries to seek legal recourse when the state violates their rights under the Medicaid Act.

2023 Legislative Review, Part 2: Medical Debt and Health Care
2023 Legislative Review: Wins for struggling patients, workers, tenants, and tax filers.

2023 Legislative Review, Part 1: Housing and Income
2023 Legislative Review: Wins for struggling patients, workers, tenants, and tax filers.

On the verge of a new chapter
Bethany Pray's final letter as Interim Executive Director for CCLP, focusing on the accomplishments from her time.

PRESS RELEASE: Lydia McCoy to lead CCLP as next executive director
Longtime nonprofit leader to begin tenure June 16, 2023

PRESS RELEASE: Medical debt credit reporting legislation signed into law in Colorado
Colorado becomes the first state to prohibit medical debt information from being included on consumer credit reports and factored into credit scores

Medical debt on credit reports: harmful and unnecessary
Julia Char Gilbert provided testimony for House Bill 23-1126, Medical Debt Credit Reporting Protections. CCLP is in support of HB23-1126.

May Letter from Bethany Pray, Interim Executive Director
The anti-poverty movement involves hundreds of organizations that, like CCLP, take the fight to the state. Operating at the state level is an absolute necessity because many of the core laws and policies that affect access to health,...