Washington, Oct. 16 -- Representative Brittany Pettersen issued the following press release:
LAKEWOOD - Congresswoman Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) today announced her effort demanding answers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) about new Trump Administration guidance that could jeopardize addiction treatment and other essential services funded through state Medicaid programs. In Colorado, those programs support residential and inpatient treatment, in large part because of Pettersen's work as a state legislator.
Last year, Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans made a historic, nearly $1 trillion cut to Medicaid in their One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1), provisions which Pettersen has introduced legislation to repe...