Colorado Medicaid (Health First Colorado)

Health First Colorado is Colorado's Medicaid program. It provides health coverage to low-income residents, including children, pregnant women, parents, seniors, and individuals with disabilities.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible for Colorado Medicaid, you must be a resident of the state of Colorado, a U.S. national, citizen, permanent resident, or legal alien, in need of health care/insurance assistance, whose financial situation would be characterized as low income or very low income.

You must also be one of the following:*

• Pregnant
• Be responsible for a child 18 years of age or younger
• Blind
• Have a disability or a family member in your household with a disability
• Be 65 years of age or older

* ACA Medicaid expansion covers eligible low-income adults.

Annual Household Income Limits (before taxes)

*For households with more than eight people, add $6,038 per additional person.

Available Services Include:

Copayments

Some services covered by Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program) have a copay. Copays are dollar amounts some members must pay to their provider when they receive certain services.

Copay Maximum

There is a monthly copay maximum for Health First Colorado members. This means once a member has paid up to a certain amount in copays in a month, they don’t have to pay any more copays for the rest of that month.

This maximum is based on a formula: 5% of the member’s monthly household income. For example, a household with a monthly income of $900 would pay no more than $45 in copays for that month.

Local Colorado Springs life insurance agency helps you get life insurance that doesn't count against Colorado Medicaid assets.