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A healthcare reform bill is unveiled on Capitol Hill, and some of the details of the new bill are similar to Grand Junction’s healthcare model. The Senate Finance Committee released the bill on Wednesday. The $856 billion bill promises to revamp the nation’s health care system over a 10-year period. The Senate Finance Committe says this version of the bill will work for patients, healthcare providers, and the economy.
We spoke with local health experts and state lawmakers, and they say the draft shows that the President may have taken some tips from our healthcare system.
The Senate Finance Committee’s version of the healthcare reform bill says consumers would be able to shop around for insurance plans in a new purchasing exchange.
Senator Michael Bennet says the bill works to reduce hospital readmission rates using the proven model developed in Colorado. The bill also requires all individuals to purchase healthcare. If they don’t they’ll have to pay a fine. Bennet says this bill would bring Colorado’s care model to the national stage while ensuring better patient care and help to lower health care costs.
Dr. Michael Pramenko says he’s pleased to see that a public option is not part of this new proposal. “I don’t think we can take full credit, but it does show that the evidence here in places like Grand Junction, were calculated in this bill on the Senate’s side of things.”
Officials at Rocky Mountain Health Plans tells News Channel 5 the feel that the new measure includes provisions consistent with Grand Junction’s system in terms of a transitional care model.
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