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Monday, May 13, 2013  The expansion of Medicaid will add 160,000 adults to public health care assistance.

Friday, April 26, 2013  A bill to expand Medicaid coverage in Colorado is closer to final approval.

Monday, April 15, 2013  Colorado is closer to expanding Medicaid for needy adults as part of the federal health care overhaul.

Thursday, March 21, 2013  GOP-dominated House expected to pass budget plan promising slashing cuts, balance in 10 years

Thursday, March 14, 2013  State legislators are taking the first steps toward offering health assistance to more needy Coloradans.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  Democrats take complete control of Colorado's legislature Wednesday when they gavel the 2013 lawmaking session to order.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  160,000 Colorado adults with low incomes could become eligible for public health care assistance under a plan announced Thursday

Monday, November 14, 2011  Supreme Court will hear arguments over health care overhaul, a key Obama initiative, in spring

Wednesday, August 31, 2011  Colorado is cutting back on Medicaid coverage for poor adults without children because the estimated number of people has tripled.

Thursday, August 11, 2011  Congress' supercommittee faces warring pressures to follow party ideology, find big debt cuts

Thursday, August 04, 2011  Politics of 2012, clashes over policy pose huge obstacles as Congress seeks more deficit cuts

Tuesday, August 02, 2011  Debt limit bill moves on to Senate, passage expected; then on to Obama for signature

Tuesday, July 19, 2011  House to vote on tea party-backed debt plan that's doomed in Democratic-controlled Senate

Friday, January 07, 2011  It's no longer unusual to find a nursing home resident who is decades younger than his neighbor.

Tuesday, August 10, 2010  As crews try to finish up the work that they hope will seal a blown-out oil well for good, they're keeping an eye on the weather in the Gulf of Mexico.