What's happening on the national level with health care?

Although there are lots of conversations taking place on many fronts about the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and what might, or might not come next, we really know nothing for sure yet. To that end, however, please be aware of a few important Colorado efforts relative to federal health policy:

• The Colorado Health Institute has launched a federal health policy project called 'Re: ACA'.
  
  
• The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative is coordinating a newly formed Protect our Care Colorado Campaign. Click here to join the coalition & consider attending the March 7, 9:00-11:00am coalition meeting to learn more about what is happening at the federal level on key health policy issues and how advocates can work together to protect the programs that are vital to our health care system. Also, be sure to check out  the Protect Our Care Colorado Toolkit! 

• The newly formed Colorado Health Policy Coalition is a broad & diverse group of stakeholders dedicated to proactively positioning Colorado to shape the federal conversation about the future of health care in America."The goals of this effort were to (a) educate, engage and serve as a resource to coordinate and support advocacy efforts of a broad cross-section of stakeholders and (b) help influence/shape the thinking of Colorado’s state and federal lawmakers’ about impending changes in federal health policy. Specifically, we coalesced around the goal of ensuring that policymakers do not repeal the Affordable Care Act without a clear path forward for an alternate health policy framework for our country that is rational, practical and grounded in shared values. The coalition has an informal Steering Committee and is being supported by Cody Belzley & Michele Ames through funds from the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Colorado Hospital Association & Colorado Health Foundation."