DENVER — DENVER — Sen. Michael Bennet on Tuesday warned the deal to end the nation’s longest government shutdown could create a “perfect storm” for rural health care in Colorado. But other voices — including fellow Democratic Sen. John Hickenlooper, a conservative commentator, and a political analyst — offered different takes on the compromise that could reopen the government without restoring Affordable Care Act tax credits.

The Senate voted late Monday to reopen federal agencies without extending the ACA subsidies Democrats had been seeking. Bennet told Denver7 Tuesday the decision, combined with recent Medicaid cuts, will hit rural communities the hardest.

“So this is the perfect storm," Bennet said. "It is a one-two punch that is going to be particularly devastating to rural parts

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