DENVER — Coloradans may be forced to pay more and wait longer for health care treatment due to some of the budget cuts Gov. Jared Polis announced this week .

Polis said the cuts were necessary to help rebalance the state budget after a Republican federal tax and spending bill, H.R.1. (One Big Beautiful Bill Act), reduced the state’s revenue and created a $783 million budget gap.

"Unlike the federal government, we have to balance our budget,” Polis said.

The governor made more than $250 million in cuts and redirected spending across departments.

"What H.R.1 does in a way is it makes these cuts, and then it makes states be the bad guys in delivering the news,” Polis said.

Colorado spends about one-third of its annual budget on health care, so it may come as no surprise the Colorado

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