By Rep. Megan Lukens
When Congressional Republicans passed a budget last month that handed out massive tax cuts
to corporations, it created a billion-dollar hole in Colorado’s state budget. H.R. 1 threatens
Medicaid services, cuts SNAP food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Coloradans, and
causes health insurance premiums to spike by nearly 40 percent on the Western Slope. For
families in House District 26, this will make health insurance unaffordable for many of our