Millions of people in Colorado and across the nation lost their health insurance after the pandemic wind-down ended automatic re-enrollment in Medicaid. Colorado’s rural Southeast, Northeast and San Luis Valley regions saw the biggest losses in Medicaid coverage between 2024 and 2025. After Congress decided not to extend pandemic-era funding which helped people pay for insurance, an additional 3 million people lost coverage since January of this year. This could prove to be a huge access issue if Medicaid patients aren't able to find a source of care," Paulson stressed. But it is our job to highlight how those policies, or the combination of policies, are impacting the people of Colorado," Paulson underscored.