Over the course of this week, I’m going to write about each of the three bills we actively supported this year, including the Medicaid expansion (SB 200), dental benefits for adults on Medicaid (SB 242), and removing the three-month waiting period in CHP+ (SB 8).
Systems Change
Our health care system needs work. Read more about how we're changing the systems that deliver health to Coloradans.
Us and Them
What can happen when we are busy is that we lose one of the things that we need most when the work is hard – empathy. To me, the ability to empathize is foundational to leadership, authentic relationships, and to taking care of one another.
No Shortcuts
I am going to attempt a triathlon this summer. I say ‘attempt’ because I am by most accounts a lousy swimmer, mediocre biker, and embarrassingly bad runner. Fortunately, I have a support system of two good friends of similar athletic abilities who will be attempting it with me.
It Takes a Community
Over the past year, CCMU has made a concerted effort to travel to the far reaches of Colorado to meet with health care leaders and community members to get a firsthand account of local health care system innovations.
Accepting Imperfection
Confession: I’m a perfectionist. My coworkers know me all too well for my task lists, compulsive neatness, and pouncing on any missing Oxford commas. I’m guilty of clearing our newspaper stash before everyone has the chance to read them because the clutter makes me crazy.