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Groups Look for 'Green Light' on 'Roadmap' to Covering All CO Kids

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008   

Denver, CO - As the General Assembly gets underway this month, Colorado's leading lawmakers agree it's important to make sure all kids in the state have health insurance. Both the Speaker of the House and Senate President began the session last week by calling for more coverage for kids.

A roadmap for achieving that goal is beginning to take shape. Tara Trujillo with the Colorado Children's Campaign says recent polls find it's a goal that's supported by most Coloradans.

"The vast majority of Colorado voters really believe that every child in Colorado should be covered by a government-supported health care program if their parents are unable to afford it. There is a whole lot of support in Colorado."

She says groups like hers are working with lawmakers on a plan that would help insure all Colorado children within the next few years.

"This is something that can't be done in one year alone, so we've sort of mapped this out to allow us to get to that goal of covering all kids by 2010. We're really hoping that this year we can take some incremental steps to get us there."

She says those steps include streamlining the state children's health insurance program and Medicaid coverage, and cutting back on confusing and sometimes redundant paperwork to apply for assistance.

Although more help is needed for families without health insurance, Trujillo says the Centennial State has made some progress.

"There are about 155,000 kids in Colorado who have no health insurance. The good part about that is that means that there are a whole lot of kids who actually do have health insurance, so we're on the right track."




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