PUBLIC POLICY
Health Care Reform
CMECC created these one-page briefs to connect consumers and providers to some of the best and most credible policy analysis of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passage.
- View/print the CMECC Consumer Resource Guide to Understanding National Healthcare Reform (PDF)
- View/print the CMECC Provider Resource Guide to Understanding National Healthcare Reform (PDF)
2010 Advocacy Bulletins
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All 2010 Health Care Bills of Interest
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Federal Policy Issues of Interest
Learn about Federal policy issues affecting Colorado communities of color.
The Kaiser Family Foundation is a non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the U.S., as well as the U.S. role in global health policy. They serve as a non-partisan source of facts, information, and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the public. The Kaiser Family Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries.
- Health Reform and Communities of Color: How Might it Affect Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities? (Kaiser Family Foundation) View/print fact sheet (PDF) or learn more.
- Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level (Kaiser Family Foundation). Learn more.
- Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level – Colorado (Kaiser Family Foundation). View/print fact sheet (PDF).
Families USA is a national nonprofit, non-partisan organization dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
- View/print report (PDF): At a Crossroads: Is Health Coverage Ahead for America? This report examines how the Senate health reform bill, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will affect health coverage. It provides state-specific numbers on how many people will gain coverage under the bill, as well as how many people will be uninsured without health reform.
About the CMECC Public Policy Program
Colorado’s ethnic communities need a voice in the health care debate, and there are many organizations in Colorado doing important work to support the interests of their specific ethnic communities.
As the only organized coalition of these efforts across our state, CMECC provides a unified voice working to advocate for change in the health, mental health and behavioral health systems for all Colorado communities of color.
We are the only advocacy organization tracking all health legislation pertaining to the mental health, behavioral health and comprehensive health systems and providing an analysis to our membership and partners on how these policies may affect the health outcomes of communities of color.
CMECC has built relationships with legislators on both aisles (Republican and Democrat) and maintains strong credibility with policy makers at the Colorado State Capitol. CMECC dedicates considerable resources to educating legislators on issues regarding health care access, systems improvement and improving quality of care. We also deliver timely and accurate information to our members, so they can take decisive and immediate action to influence health care policy for the betterment of the communities we represent.
Our health advocacy platform is driven by our members. Our members are those organizations and health care providers who provide care and resources to ethnically diverse Colorado communities every day. Their voice is an important one in the health care debate, and CMECC helps them bring their issues to the attention of policy makers and relevant stakeholders to ensure they are addressed at the state policy-making level.