What We're Reading

The health policy journal club is an interdisciplinary, inter-professional group convened monthly by the Farley Health Policy Center to discuss timely topics in health policy. A curated selection of high-yield articles provides the basis for discussion. Past topics include income inequality and health, professionalism in medicine, patients as consumers, and adjusting payment for measures of social risk. This page presents the reading list from the most recent journal club.

The Farley Center’s September Health Policy Journal Club examined changes to Medicaid resulting from the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law (H.R. 1), including the national policy landscape and implications for Medicaid in Colorado.

Articles:

National Medicaid Landscape

• Rudowitz R. National Landscape for Medicaid. KFF. Presentation to the Colorado Commission on Medicaid. July 28, 2026.
• McConnell KJ, Kim J, Lindner S, Zhu JM, DiGiuseppe D, Rooke-Ley H. Managed Care as Medicaid's Administrative Architecture: Does it Still Provide Value to States? Milbank Memorial Fund. July 2026.
• Optional/for reference: Implementation Dates for 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law. KFF.
• The Medicaid Puzzle: Piecing Together Policies for a Balanced Budget. January 13, 2026. National Conference of State Legislatures.
• Harker L, Woolf B, Guerra-Cardus L, Sharer B. State Legislative Sessions Highlight Choice Between Protecting Coverage and Deepening Harm After Federal Medicaid Cuts. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. August 4, 2026.

Colorado Medicaid Landscape

• Reiter R, Flores-Brennan A, Schneider B, Choate R. H.R. 1 Provisions Impacting Colorado Medicaid.
• Overview of the Commission on Medicaid. Memorandum. Legislative Council Staff. August 12, 2026.
• Medicaid Provider Rate Reductions: FY2025-26 and FY 2026-27. Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing.
• Optional/for reference: Medicaid Legislation in Colorado (2022-2026). July 23, 2026. Legislative Council staff.
• Medicaid Work Requirements Webinar. Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. July 29, 2026.
• H.R. 1 Qualified Immigrant Webinar. Colorado Health Institute and Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing. June 30, 2026.