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Colorado targets cuts to addiction recovery coaches as Medicaid spending jumps 286%

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State Sens. Jeff Bridges and Judy Amabile, both Democrats, talk in the Senate at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on the last day of the state’s 2026 legislative session. (Jesse Paul, The Colorado Sun) " data-large-file="https://i0.wp.com/newspack-coloradosun.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/sine_die_jp-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&ssl=1" /> Lawmakers passed bipartisan legislation to pay for peer counseling addiction services in 2021. The cost of the program rapidly exploded.

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