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House committee advances bill to fund Colorado School of Public Health study of statewide healthcare payment systems
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House Health and Human Services voted 9–4 to advance Senate Bill 45, a measure that would fund a Colorado School of Public Health analysis of statewide publicly financed healthcare payment options, sending the bill to the Finance Committee.
The House Health and Human Services Committee on Wednesday voted 9–4 to advance Senate Bill 45, a measure that directs the Colorado School of Public Health to analyze options for a publicly financed statewide healthcare payment system and related consequences for providers, payers and patients.
Rep. Rep. McCormick and Speaker Pro Tem Basenacker (co-prime sponsors) told the committee the bill builds on analysis the school delivered in 2021 and would produce more-detailed, stakeholder-vetted modeling about costs, provider reimbursement, out-of-pocket expenses, and likely impacts on hospitals, physicians and pharmaceutical pricing. Sponsors said private fundraising will be used to pay the study rather than state general fund dollars.
Rep. McCormick told the committee "the decision has been made over the last year to go about that fundraising in a…
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