Denver, Colo., Nov. 15, 2007 - Today, the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform approved a package of recommendations for comprehensive health reform.
The Commission will now turn those recommendations into a final report. Approval of that report will take place in January, and commissioners will present that report to the legislature on January 31, 2008.
20 commissioners present voted for the package; 2 voted against it. Five commissioners were not present.
This package of recommendations tracks very closely with the fifth proposal that the Commission developed. Yet the Commission chose not to identify the fifth proposal as the lead proposal.
"This is a subtle, yet important, distinction", explained William N. Lindsay III, Commission chair, explained. "There are some differences between the fifth proposal and the final recommendations - for example, financing mechanisms are not included here.
More fundamentally, though, the Commission chose not to identify the fifth proposal as the 'lead' proposal because we decided not to identify any proposal as such," Lindsay continued.
Lindsay noted another important consideration. "These recommendations are a comprehensive, integrated whole. We are not simply offering a laundry list of suggestions - the recommendations hang together and cascade from each other."
Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform
