[HealthCareForAllColorado] Opportunity for Public Comment on Health Care in CO, Greeley, Mar. 24

[Carolyn L Taylor]

Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform

Opportunity for Public Comment

The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform will be holding
community meetings this month to invite public comment on the criteria for
health care reform in Colorado. One of the meetings will be held in Greeley
on Sat., March 24, and we urge you to attend and to alert others who are
concerned about health care reform to take this opportunity to have their
views known. Here's the info:

Community Meeting in Greeley

Sat., March 24, 9 AM - noon

Montfort Children's Clinic - Community Room

100 N 11 Ave., Greeley, CO 80632

(Directions from I 25: Take Hwy 34 east, all the way to 11th Ave, turn north
on 11th Ave. and go to 1st St. The Clinic is at the intersection of 11th
Ave. & 1st. St.)

Car pool info: If you would like to car pool , please contact Carolyn Taylor
(CarolynLTaylor at msn.com or 970-461-1328) by Thursday, Mar. 22.

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Care Reform

The Commission was created by the Colorado Legislature in 2006. It is
charged with making recommendations for comprehensive health care reform
with the goal of increasing health care coverage and decreasing costs for
Colorado residents, with particular emphasis on the issues of the uninsured,
underinsured, and those at risk of financial hardships due to the costs of
medical care. The Commission is required to make final recommendations for
comprehensive health care reform to the General Assembly by November 30,
2007. The Commission is soliciting proposals for health care reform and will
select three to five of the proposals submitted for further evaluation.

Purpose of the Hearings

The purpose of these hearings is to solicit citizen input on the criteria
that will guide Commissioners as they consider the proposals they receive.
The criteria are: comprehensiveness, access, coverage, affordability,
portability, benefits, quality, efficiency, consumer choice and empowerment,
wellness and prevention, and sustainability. Citizens are invited to answer
two quesions in oral or written testimony(those giving oral testimony are
asked to submit their comments in writing also):

1. What are your thoughts on the importance of any of the 11 criteria?
Please explain why any one or more of them are more or less important to
you.

2. Do you have any comments on the description of any of the criteria?

For more information on the Commission, its work and future hearings, visit
their website, www.colorado.gov/208commission For full descriptions of the
criteria, click "Public Input" on the home page. Their phone: 1-888-776-2332

For information about Health Care for All Colorado and our support of
affordable, accessible, quality health care for all, go to our website
www.healthcareforallcolorado.org or contact Eliza Carney, Chair, N. CO
Chapter, HCAC, abcdrn at greyrock.org or 970-416-0636.
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