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January 24, 2008
Help Advance Health Care Policy January 30
Join the Citizens League for a meeting to advance our health care policy. We will be joined by the co-chairs of the 2005-06 Medical Facilities Study Committee, Duane Benson and Peter Gove. In addition, Maureen Reed and Sean Kershaw -- who are both serving on the Governor's Health Care Transformation Task Force -- will attend. The purpose of the meeting will be to continue the evaluation of the connections between the work of Transformation Task Force and the 2006 Citizens League report, Developing Informed Decisions. That discussion began at the January 8th meeting of the Policy Advisory Committee.The Transformation Task Force takes a more comprehensive approach than the Citizens League work of 2006 (which is mainly focused on market reform and medical facility expansion), but there are many connections between the two based on the key areas of information and governance.
First, look at the outline of possible connections, which gives you the context and specific references to then look at the latest draft of the Transformation Task Force.
To further examine the connection, it is also good to review the 2007 legislative summary and the bill authored by Rep. Tom Huntley and Sen. Geoff Michel (HF1987/SF1911).
A cursory examination of Citizens League policy history reveals that we have addressed most of the fundamental areas that the Transformation Task Force is grappling with now.
In addition to information and governance, the Citizens League addressed other areas that are present in the Transformation Task force work over the last 30 years: price and market functionality in the 1981 report, Paying Attention to Difference in Price, and access and insurance in the 1987 report, Start Right with "Right Start" (A Health Plan for Minnesota's Uninsured).
That work culminated in the February 1992 statement Health Care Access for All Minnesotans.
We will need the help of our members to examine the connections between the Transformation Task Force and our earlier work in the coming months as this work is considered by the Legislature, so join us on January 30!Posted by Bob DeBoer at January 24, 2008 9:00 PM