Resources on Healthcare Reform
Health Care Reform Task Force - Colorado Nurses for Access to Health Care for All (CNAHCA) is a Colorado Nurses Association Task Force that provides leadership in Colorado to promote a health care delivery system in Colorado and/or the United States that provides access to health care for all.
Why is access to health care important to Colorado nurses? - 17% of Coloradans lack health insurance and 78% of these are working adults.
(Colorado Health Institute) - One in five American families with children have at least one uninsured member.
- The uninsured have poorer health and shortened lives.
- Uninsurance is estimated to cost between $65 and $130 billion annually.
(Institute of Medicine, 2004)
Many models for health care reform have been proposed. CNAHCA has prepared a table Health Care Delivery Models that describes each model, its proponents, and its limitations.
In our Scenarios for Change document, several approaches to
reform have been described. Click to see these two documents.
The 2005 Colorado Nurses Association. House of Delegates voted to endorse a single-payer universal health care system for the United States. A single-payer system provides private health care to all persons with public funding.
If you would like to join the CNAHCA Task Force, please
email Carol Farina at
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We meet the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM.
Conference call in is available to those from distant sites.
New nurse members are welcome!
NPR story covering the Massachusetts Mandatory Health Insurance Law that went into effect July, 2007. The website contains the provisions of the law from an original source. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11689698 Hawaii has had state health insurance coverage for all children but is discontinuing the program because of current lack of funds due to the economic crisis. http://www.coveringkids.com
Colorado Nurses AssociationSince 1904, the Colorado Nurses Association has been the voice of nursing in Colorado. Through full membership in the American Nurses Association, we are also active participants in national nursing issues. We represent nurses from throughout the state in a variety of practice settings, from hospitals and medical offices to community clinics and nursing homes.The primary focus of the Colorado Nurses Association is to provide direction and a voice for the profession of nursing and nurses as leaders in health care. Together, we work to:
• promote the professional practice of nursing
• influence legislation concerning nursing professionals and patient care issues
• address core issues of nursing shortages, appropriate staffing, workplace safety, ethics
and standardsBy joining the Colorado Nurses Association, you have the opportunity to directly influence health policy and legislation. Your membership, along with your involvement and participation, advances both your career and the nursing profession.Visit the web site for more information. http://www.nurses-co.org/
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