Plus: Employees union sues Kaiser Permanente Colorado over plan to transfer jobs out of state
 Tuesday, October 6, 2026 | | |
| | | | | BY MEG WINGERTER Colorado will receive $1 billion in grants for rural health transformation over the next five years, and 91 organizations will split the first chunk of that money. They have to use the funds to either expand services – with the goal of sustaining them once the money runs out – or figure out ways to sustain core medical care in low-population areas. Ultimately, we won't know which projects will pan out, let alone which might be solutions in other rural communities, for years to come. | | | | The transformation grants aren’t meant to replace that funding, but to make rural health care more sustainable in the long run. | | | | | Supporters and opponents of Colorado’s Proposition 135 differ in their views on whether it could have unintended consequences for care. Gender-affirming surgeries are rare in people under 18. | | | | | The union’s lawsuit says its contract with Kaiser Permanente Colorado doesn’t allow the system to transfer work done by members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 to other units. | | | | | Rural voters have been an important voting bloc for Trump and Republicans in recent elections. | | | | | The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing initially estimated about 5,000 people across the state would lose coverage this week. | | | | | While GLP-1s aren’t new, there’s a lot that remains unknown about them. | | | | | What we're reading
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