Healthcare

WHEREAS A shortage of Mental Health Providers and Services in Rural Areas (Western Colorado) frequently leaves impacted citizens,...

Whereas Club 20 recognizes that the growing number of uninsured persons due to the increasing cost of health insurance and decreasing...

WHEREAS Club 20 recognizes that managed care is an important part of the health care system by reducing to consumers overall costs of...

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 their health care choices; and WHEREAS Coloradans must understand all implications and unintended consequences of requirements and restrictions mandated by government such as adverse selection, guarantee-issue policies, and mandated benefits; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that C

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, WHEREAS shared health information is a critical tool for improving the overall performance of the health care system through: Increased efficiency in operations such as eliminating duplicate tests, Reduction of preventable errors, Improved chronic

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, BE IT RESOLVED that Club 20 believes that: More effectively managing high cost services such as those identified in a value based benefit design should be pursued. Value-Based Benefit Design is the explicit use of plan incentives to encourage enrollee adoption of one or more of the fo

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 should enact policies, procedures and laws which assist the business and health care communities in identifying and implementing solutions. Health insurance should be made more available and affordable, in order to minimize the number of uninsured by ensuring an ef

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 necessary element of an equitable health care system – create a tremendous burden on the system; and WHEREAS all Coloradans should have meaningful choices in health care; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Club 20 Believes that all government-mandated health care programs (such as Medicare, Medicai

WHEREAS Club 20 supports health care reform efforts to expand access, improve quality and create a more efficient health care delivery...

WHEREAS the people of the communities in Western Colorado believe that quality of life is important for persons of all ages; and ...

WHEREAS Club 20 has seen the imminent need to support, nurture and heal vulnerable citizens suffering from behavioral health and...