The Colorado Consumer Health Initiative actively supported legislation this session to influence reform for the private insurance market, expanding access to quality public health care programs for the uninsured, and improving the quality of care delivered through transparency measures, reporting procedures, and certification requirements for health care providers.

CCHI tracked over 100 bills in the Colorado General Assembly.  We testified over a dozen times on key legislative priority bills, and sent out 2,412 emails through our Health Action Network.   The bills CCHI strongly supported were covered by statewide print, television, and radio outlets – ensuring healthcare consumers were well informed and able to take action.

CCHI’s coalition of dedicated health care consumer advocates helped pass a priority piece of health care legislation, House Bill 1355 (McGihon, Hagedorn, Massey).  This bill is an important step towards the goal of smart, strategic, and sustainable healthcare reform.  With the help of CCHI member organization Progress Now, we gathered over 700 petition signatures from across the state in just a matter of days! CCHI Executive Director Dede De Percin hand-delivered the petitions in support of HB 1355 to Governor Ritter’s desk. Many of the consumers and business owners who signed included comments about their personal experience being “rated up” by insurers.

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