WHEREAS A shortage of Mental Health Providers and Services in Rural Areas (Western Colorado) frequently leaves impacted citizens, families, law enforcement, family counseling and health care providers struggling for solutions; …
HC-03-8-Uninsured Underinsured Persons Reducing The Number Of
Whereas CLUB 20 recognizes that the growing number of uninsured persons due to the increasing cost of health insurance and decreasing options for quality health service is an urgent problem; …
HC-03-4-Managed Health Care
WHEREAS CLUB 20 recognizes that managed care is an important part of the health care system by reducing to consumers overall costs of maintaining the system and providing more competitive …
HC-03-3-Malpractice Lawsuits And Insurance Costs
Whereas CLUB 20 recognizes that malpractice lawsuits are a factor that drives insurance costs higher due to: Creating an environment of defensive and overly-aggressive health treatment prescriptions by providers, and …
HC-03-2-Individual Responsibility In Health Care
WHEREAS all citizens must help solve Colorado’s health care issues; and WHEREAS consumers must assume greater responsibility for their health care and must have the opportunity to be educated about …
HC-15-1-Hospital Provider Fee Reclassification as an Enterprise Fund, Support For
WHEREAS HB09-1293, known as the “Health Care Affordability Act of 2009,” was passed by the Colorado General Assembly authorizing the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to charge and …
HC-11-3-HIGH NEED POOL
WHEREAS 10% of the population currently generates approximately 70% of health care costs; and WHEREAS we recognize that any one of us or our families could fall into such a …
HC-11-2-Health Insurance Exchange Principles
WHEREAS CLUB 20 has adopted several policies encouraging competition in the health care arena; WHEREAS the State of Colorado created a health insurance exchange called Connect for Health Colorado; and …
HC-09-1-Health Information Technology
WHEREAS broad use of health information technology will: Improve health care quality, Prevent medical errors, Reduce health care costs, Increase administrative efficiencies, Decrease paperwork, and Expand access to affordable care, …
HC-03-7-Health Care System Efficiency
WHEREAS CLUB 20 recognizes the importance of a competitive health care marketplace and the value of maximizing efficiency of the health care system for the benefit of consumers, NOW, THEREFORE, …
HC-05-3-Health Care Principles
All Coloradans must work together to help solve Colorado’s health care challenges. Consumers must assume greater responsibility for, and knowledge of, their health and health care choices. Colorado State Government …
HC-05-1-Health Care Legislation Assessing Impacts
WHEREAS rural communities have very limited resources with which to provide health care services, and WHEREAS broad geographic service areas pose huge limitations on the availability of options and access …
HC-12-1-Health Care Intergration
WHEREAS health care communities in Western Colorado have received recognition for delivering high quality cost effective medical care; and WHEREAS such outcomes are the result of cooperation and shared accountability …
HC-03-5-Government’s Role In Health Care
WHEREAS CLUB 20 recognizes that the current health care system is built upon state and federal entitlement programs such as Medicare and Medicaid and that such programs – while a …
HC-09-2-Government Run Public Health Insurance Plan
WHEREAS CLUB 20 supports health care reform efforts to expand access, improve quality and create a more efficient health care delivery system, and WHEREAS the current system has not adequately …
HC-11-1-End-of-Life Care
WHEREAS the people of the communities in Western Colorado believe that quality of life is important for persons of all ages; and WHEREAS education is an important component of decisions …
HC-14-01-Creation of a Health Care Cost Commission
WHEREAS the costs of health care and the affordability of health coverage is a matter of concern to individuals, employers and public entities; and WHEREAS residents of rural areas have …
HC-03-1-Cost-Shifting Of Health Care Services
WHEREAS health care is a basic need of everyone; and WHEREAS cost-shifting – discounting costs for one group and increasing costs for another – usually results in increased health care …
HC-13-1-Behavioral Health Units, Support of
WHEREAS Club 20 has seen the imminent need to support, nurture and heal vulnerable citizens suffering from behavioral health and substance abuse issues, and understanding the importance of decreasing record-level …
HC-14-02-CLUB 20 Resolution On Aging
WHEREAS The United States and Colorado face a historic demographic shift over the next 50 years. As unprecedented numbers of workers retire and longevity increases, the percentage of the population …