The Cost of Care: A New Report Exploring Health Care Affordability Report Released

 
The Cost of Care: Can Coloradans Afford Health Care explores questions about what does affordability mean for Colorado families?  How should policymakers address affordability?  And what reasonable definition of affordability would ensure that all Coloradans can access health care?
 
The report is based on research resulting from nearly 100 community budget workshops conducted throughout Colorado, where approximately 1,000 families under 500% of the Federal Poverty Level were surveyed.  Key findings include that many Colorado families have little or nothing to pay for health care, and, in many cases, health care costs force families to make financial tradeoffs with other necessary expenses. This study is being released just as the U.S. Senate is expected to hold hearings about health care affordability in early May.
 
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This project was funded by The Colorado Trust, Caring for Colorado Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Denver Foundation, King & Greisen LLP, and Sheila Fortune.