 Tuesday, February 17, 2026 | | |
| | | | | BY MEG WINGERTER It was another whiplash-inducing week, as Trump administration officials announced Colorado was losing funding, the state sued and a judge required the federal government to keep paying, for now. This time, the funding at issue was grants for HIV and STI prevention, and public health workforce and infrastructure, such as technology to share data. We've been through similar cycles with child care and transportation funding. Generally, the courts have not been sympathetic when the administration doesn't want to send out money that Congress appropriated. But we'll keep watching and update you as we learn more. | | | | The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreed to give direct access to a Medicaid database. | | | | | If lawmakers determine they have to cap caregivers’ paid hours, they’ll need to give families ample notice so they can start preparing, said Sen. Judy Amabile, a Boulder Democrat. | | | | | Denver Public Schools accuses Kaiser Permanente of violating bidding process; health care provider disputes claim. | | | | | Colorado and three other states sued Wednesday to prevent the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from halting $600 million in ongoing public health grants. | | | | | Survey results show Americans’ confidence keeps sliding, not rising. | | | | | The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services notified Congress it wouldn’t pay $600 million worth of grants already awarded in Colorado, California, Illinois and Minnesota. | | | |
