Resources in Spanish below. / Recursos en español a continuación. Good news! Thanks to a new law in Colorado, your credit report can’t include information about your medical debt anymore. This means your unpaid medical bills won’t affect your credit score. CCLP and...
Intro to Medicaid Appeals Guides / Intro a las guías de apelación de Medicaid
Medicaid Appeals Guides / Las Guías de apelaciones de Medicaid
Case Study: Experiences battling debt drive reform of hospital financial assistance laws in Colorado
Lived Experience Project
Believing that individual human narrative is an effective way to change misperceptions on poverty, CCLP launched a series of anecdotal vignettes entitled Lived Experience in the summer of 2020. This ongoing series features stories and testimonials from Coloradans...
Budget Cuts and Health Access
This 10-page analysis shows how proposed cuts to the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing's budget will likely have adverse effects on Coloradans’ ability to access health care -- particularly in rural parts of the state. The report was published on June 5,...
Public Charge: Facts and Fiction
Deductible Affordability for Colorado’s Working-Age Families
Colorado is in the midst of developing an affordable public health insurance option, with the Division of Insurance and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing directed to come up with a proposal by November, 2019. The process is the result of the passage...
Our Path: A CCLP 20th Anniversary Retrospect
This collection of vignettes celebrates some of CCLP's proudest accomplishments over the past 20 years, including the minimum wage campaign in 2016 and the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit). Click here to view our 20th Anniversary Book
Background Brief: HB06-1023: Verification of Lawful Presence
Advocates across Colorado are interested in improving access to health coverage and care for Colorado’s immigrant populations. One barrier to improving access is state legislation referred to as House Bill 06-1023 (HB 1023). HB 1023 requires state and local government...