Senate has hearing on bill that would help lower income Coloradans with hospital charges | Families

The Senate Health and Human Services Committee will hear SB 134 – the Hospital Payment Assistance Act  – today, Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. in Senate Room 356 at the State Capitol, after a morning of constituent lobbying and the 6th annual Colorado Health Care Day of Action.  One hundred health care consumers, business-owners and nonprofit members will advocate to ensure that uninsured working families get the financial assistance information they need to responsibly pay their hospital bills.   Constituent lobbyists will learn how the legislative process works, attending advocacy workshops, meetings with legislators, lunch, a keynote address by Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Bill Corr and a legislative panel entitled Colorado Health Care Vision 2020.  

WHO:             - More than 100 consumers, business-owners, nonprofit organization members
                        - Bill Corr, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, who has worked in the Department of Health and Human Service under the Clinton and Obama administrations and worked with several U.S. Senate members and committees, including the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
                        - Senate Health and Human Services Committee members, uninsured and underinsured Coloradans struggling with hospital debt

WHAT:          Health Care Day of Action constituent lobby day and Senate Health and Human Services Committee hearing on SB 134, the Hospital Payment Assistance Act

WHEN:          TODAY: Thursday, February 16, 2012 from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

WHERE:  - First Baptist Church of Denver, 1373 Grant St.: 7:30 – 9:15 a.m. (workshops)
                        - Colorado State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave.: 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. (legislative meetings)
                        - First Baptist Church of Denver, 1373 Grant St.: 10:40 – 1:30 p.m. (workshop, keynote address, lunch and legislative panel)
                        - Colorado State Capitol, 200 E. Colfax Ave., Room 356: 1:30 p.m. (Senate Health and Human Services hearing on SB 134)
           
WHY:             Advocate for affordable, accessible, quality health care for all Coloradoans, specifically for SB 134, the Hospital Payment Assistance Act 

VISUALS: 100+ constituent lobbyists
                       
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative represents 30+ Colorado health organizations with more than 500,000 health care consumer members, advocating for affordable, accessible, quality health care for all Coloradans.  CCHI organizes Health Care Day of Action every year to give constituents an opportunity to lobby their legislators on health care policy issues.

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