All those promoting “socialist” “Medicare-for-all” agendas in this year’s elections, and there were many, have been handed a huge red flag as one of their own programs, by a leftist governor in a state run by all Democrats, is going down in flames because it has “run out of other people’s money.”
Reports confirm Colorado’s governor, the homosexual leftist Jared Polis, “is quietly” trying to kill his own program, the Cover All Coloradans, from 2022, which hands tax money out to children and pregnant women in the country illegally for health care.
He now has proposed ending the program for children because it’s “unsustainable.”
Costs, it seems, exploded to seven times what his experts had estimated.
“Taxpayers got the bill. Even Polis has run out of other people’s money,” said one report.
The Free Beacon explained Colorado Democrats and immigration activists were cheering when he signed the law in 2022.
Those leftists now are unhappy with his plans to gut its funding.
“Polis released his budget on the eve of the midterm elections—one day after the legally mandated deadline to do so—and proposed $600 million in state Medicaid cuts. He called Medicaid’s growth
‘unsustainable’ and told reporters it was on track to ‘crowd out everything else, including education.'”
The report noted that he “buried” in his plan a section calling to “replace Cover All Coloradans” by cutting its funding and moving money to a different operation, the Primary Care Fund, which apparently would offer financial assistance to low-income, uninsured residents for health care.
The existing comprehensive plan for children would vanish.
Polis, who over the years has been popular among leftists and progressives because of his homosexual lifestyle choices in the governor’s office and his administration’s persecution of Christians who decline to adopt and promote the LGBT ideologies, suddenly was panned by liberals for the proposed cuts, the report said.
The report said the Colorado Center on Law and Policy accused him of proposing “draconian budget cuts,” while Colorado Consumer Health Initiative deputy director Adam Fox said Polis “is now proposing more cuts to lifesaving programs rather than supporting a viable solution.”
The Free Beacon pointed out: “The brewing fight mirrors the one emerging in Washington, D.C. Incoming socialists in the House of Representatives, including Colorado Democrat Melat Kiros, have refused to back House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries (D., N.Y.) for speaker of the House, while Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) is losing support to left-wing Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D., Md.) in his bid for Senate majority leader.”
The state already has pushed voters to abrogate the state’s constitutional provision limiting tax increases so lawmakers can keep, and spend, more taxpayer cash.
But Democrats, with supermajorities in the legislature, must find a way to close an estimated $1.6 billion shortfall soon.
Democrat lawmakers there multiple times already have violated the intent of the state’s TABOR constitutional amendment, which was intended to limit tax increases to inflation and population growth.
Instead of imposing taxes, they call them “fees.” For example, Colorado residents must pay “fees” to use roads and bridges in the state. Those outside the state don’t pay any such “fees,” but still have access to those roads and bridges.
Illegal Aliens and Democrats Bankrupt Medicaid
Amendment 87 Revenue Projections: Voters unfortunately approved Amendment 87, establishing a graduated income tax projected to generate $2 billion to $2.7 billion in its first year for healthcare, K-12 education, higher education, and child care. Spending by Democrats will greatly exceed any tax income. Medicaid Cost Warning: Governor Jared Polis told the Joint Budget Committee that unchecked Medicaid growth—which already accounts for roughly $16 billion, or nearly 40% of the state’s budget—will consume all Amendment 87 funds by 2030, leaving zero money for education or early childhood programs. Drivers of the Shortfall: Illegal immigration, inflation, and the expiration of COVID-era federal funding are contributing to a $1.58 billion general fund shortfall heading into the 2027 legislative session. Fraud and Health Outcomes: State audits recently uncovered instances of Medicaid fraud and abuse, including over $75 million in improper payments for autism therapy, while Polis noted that increased spending has not resulted in better overall health outcomes. Fraud has mostly remained untouched by Democrats. Opponents’ Perspective: Fiscal conservatives and critics of Amendment 87 argue that eroding Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) limits and ending the flat tax will lead to higher taxes, drive businesses out of Colorado, and fuel unsustainable entitlement spending, which has already been underway. Sanctuary state policies created by Democrats are bankrupting Colorado, and Democrats are fine with it. https://t.co/YR0gjDKaQR @coloradodems @colo_politics @cologop
— Adams County, CO GOP (@Adams_GOP) November 13, 2026
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