Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act 
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HB 09-1273 - the Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act

HB 09-1273 - the Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act
  • March 18, 2009 - Passed Business Affairs and Labor Committee
  • April 3, 2009 - Passed the Appropriations Committee
  • April 6, 2009 - Passed Full House, 2nd Reading, Voice Vote
  • April 8, 2009  - will be 3rd Reading, House Role Call Vote
           (Vote held over until Monday, April 13th)
  • April 15, 2009 - Bill held over until July 5, 2009
           (felt 1 vote shy in the House, did not go to Senate)
  • April 16, 2009 - 2010 Bill Campaign Begins
  • October 19, 2009 - Resolution - "support Single-payer Health Care in CO" - fails Joint Interim Health Care Task Force 4 to 6
  • October 20, 2009 - Full bill, resolution and ballot initiative being considered
 
Health Care Update - THIS WEEK - Friday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m.
The legislature has passed one major bill to help more Coloradans afford health care coverage. Another bill, aimed at implementing single-payer coverage in Colorado, has been put aside for now. We'll talk with the sponsor of that bill, Rep. John Kefalas, and also journalist T.R. Reid, about his latest observations on the health care crisis.
 
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HB 09-1273, the Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act, begins building a system of health care in Colorado that is accessible to everyone, provides higher quality care and lowers costs. It is true reform, not just tweaking a flawed and failing system. This will stop the waste of health care money going to complex billing and profits and invest in better primary care and prevention. This is Smart Medicine for Colorado. The step to the Health Care Reform we need.
 
Working together let's make it happen !

The Following Groups have endorsed the Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act.

  1. Colorado Nurses Association
  2. National Association of Social Workers, Colorado Chapter
  3. Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
  4. Colorado Education Association
  5. League of Women Voters (Colorado)
  6. Colorado Cross Disability Coalition
  7. Autism Society of Colorado
  8. Boulder Psychotherapists Guild
  9. Colorado Social Legislation Committee
  10. Hunger for Justice
  11. Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Colorado
  12. The Rocky Mountain Conference of The United Methodist Church
  13. Balanced Choice Health Care, Inc.
  14. Health Care for All Colorado
  15. Colorado Alliance for Retired Americans
  16. Be the Change USA
  17. Justice and Peace Ministry Team of the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Church of Christ
  18. Arapahope Community Team 
  19. LARASA (Latin American Research And Service Agency)
  20. Colorado Association of Public Employees (CAPE) retirees
  21. PULSE of Colorado
  22. Mental Health America of Colorado
  23. Republicans for Single Payer
  24. Colorado Community Health Network
  25. American Federation of Teachers, Colorado (AFL-CIO)
  26. Colorado Classified School Employees Association (AFL-CIO)
  27. Colorado AFL-CIO
  28. The Arc of Aurora
  29. Progressive Democrats of America, CD 2 branch
  30. The Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health~Colorado Chapter
  31. Peace, Liberty & Justice Task Force at Jefferson Unitarian Church
  32. Colorado Senior Lobby
  33. Colorado Citizens for Accountability
  34. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom--Boulder Branch
  35. Progressive Democrats of Colorado
  36. Parent to Parent of Colorado
  37. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
  38. Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center
  39. KEENE Research & Development
  40. Progressive Democrats of America (Longmont Chapter)
  41. League of Women Voters (Pueblo Chapter)
  42. East Denver Neighborhood Volunteers for Change
  43. The Interfaith Alliance of Colorado
  44.  First Universalist Church of Denver
  45. Progressive Democrats of America--Colorado Chapter
  46. Complementary Health Enhancement, LLC
  47. The Montrose County Democratic Party
  48. All Families Deserve a Chance
  49. United American Nurses - National Nurses Organizing Committee/AFL-CIO
  50. Colorado Academy of Family Physicians
  51. Colorado Behavioral Health Council
  52. Housing Colorado!
  53. THRIVE!: Persons Living with HIV / AIDS Initiative of Colorado
  54. The Green Party of Colorado
  55. Guardianship Alliance of Colorado
  56. Colorado WINS
  57. American Medical Women's Association
  58. UFCW Local 7
  59. Boulder County Democratic Party
  60. Costilla County Democratic Central Committee
  61. Hinsdale County Democratic Party
  62. Colorado Jobs with Justice
  63. La Plata County Democratic Party Executive Committee
  64. Arapahoe County Democratic Party Executive Committee

If your organization would like to endorse HB1273,
please contact HCAC Vice President Tom Russell. 

House Sponsors (16):   John Kefalas, Gwen Green, Jerry Frangas, Lois Court, Randy Fischer, Dickey Lee Hullinghorst, Jeanne Labuda, Claire Levy, Joe Miklosi, Sal Pace, Edward Vigil, Dennis Apuan, Beth McCann, Su Ryden, Sue Schafer and Anne McGihon 
 
Senate Sponsors (3):   Joyce Foster, Bob Bacon, Morgan Carroll

Click the link to send email to all of HB1273's sponsors and cosponsors. 

Editorializing that now is the time to ask "how" and that "Some things are too important to be managed solely for profit, too vital to our society as a whole to be left completely to individuals to provide," The Northern Colorado Business Report on March 13 endorsed Rep. Kefalas’ Colorado Guaranteed Health Care Act (HB 1273).

The Board of Directors of the Health District of Northern Larimer County wrote a 6-page Objective Analysis of HB 1273 and voted unaminously to endorse the bill - one of more than 60 group endorsers.

Tom Russell on the Jay Marvin Show - February 12, 2009
"Our special in studio guest is Professor Thomas Russell, Vice President of Health Care for All Colorado (HCAC). HCAC has worked with State Representative John Kefalas of Fort Collins and State Senator Joyce Foster of Denver to craft legislation that will lead to health care for every Colorado resident while reducing to total costs of health care. The bill now has an impressive list of co-sponsors in both chambers of the Colorado legislature. Tom Russell, is an attorney and a professor at the DU Law School.  We also had Dr Irene Aguilar call in. She is President at HCAC."
 
Guidelines for giving testimony before legislative committees:  
This document covers seven things that citizens should know before presenting testimony.
 

Cost Savings of Single Payer Proposal (1 page)
The Lewin Group Evaluation of the Colorado Health Services Single-Payer proposal demonstrated comprehensive health care for all, and savings for business, families, providers, hospitals, etc.

Talk to Your Legislators! Key Points of the Health Care Reform Debate Identify your legislators at: www.Vote-Smart.org

Single-Payer vs. Multi-Payer Insurance
1-page contrast sheet - Single Payer Health vs. Multi-Payer Health Insurance describing the need to replace profit-first health inusrance with quality- and safety-first health care.

Tom Daschle on State Health Care Reform

Here is a short 5 minute video on what Tom Daschle, former nominee for US Secretary of Health and Human Services had to say about the role of states in health care reform.