The bill includes stronger restrictions on Medicaid, which provides health care coverage to over 70 million low-income and disabled Americans, including 1.72 million Coloradans.

One health policy professor said cutting Medicaid and similar programs "will be devastating" to millions of Americans.

Colorado Access President Annie Lee spoke about the "shift" in health care in the state that will result from the "big, beautiful bill." A Medicaid recipient also provided her reaction.