healthcare

Maintaining good physical health throughout adulthood is an important gateway to opportunity. Good health contributes to improved job productivity and increased self-worth and self-sufficiency.

Medicaid is a publicly financed source of health insurance and long-term care coverage for certain eligible population groups. After employerbased coverage, it is the second largest source of health coverage in the nation. Medicaid is anticipated to cover 8.3 percent of Colorado???s population in 2005, at a cost of $2.6 billion.