Crestina Martinez Wasted Taxpayer Dollars on Failing Health Coverage Program

By: Aaron Gardner (Diary)  |  October 4th at 07:00 PM  | 

Mailers from the Martinez Campaign claim the candidate “worked to decrease uninsured rates and recruit employers to provide healthcare to workers in six counties.” According to reports available at the Division of Insurance, however, CarePoint covers just 116 residents in the San Luis Valley area — a mere 2.4 percent of coverage that was promised when the government program that funds CarePoint was first expanded.