Colorado families fear proposed Medicaid cuts could limit care for children with disabilities

Some Colorado lawmakers say Gov. Jared Polis is creating a health care crisis with his plan to limit Medicaid growth .

In the governor's budget proposal for next year, Medicaid funding would need to rise 12% to maintain current services. Instead, the proposal calls for a 6% increase.

Polis has said the rising cost of Medicaid crowds out other public spending, leaving less money for roads, public safety, education, and other health care needs.

Republican state Sen. Barb Kirkmeyer, a member of the Joint Budget Committee and a candidate for the GOP nomination for governor, said today that the governor's plan is irresponsible.

"If you continually, year over year, cut the amount you reimburse hospitals, doctors, nurses, and clinics, and everyone else in the health care services, and if