Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee Meetings to Focus on Mathematica Study Results

From Health Action NM:
Information about the Mathematica Study is starting to roll in. In the upcoming months, the Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee will be meeting to discuss the results of this study. Your presence is important at these meetings.

Mathematica Policy Research has been working on costing out three health care models that were decided by the Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee members. These models were New Mexico Health Choices Plan, Health Security Act, and New Mexico Health Coverage Plan.

Please mark your calendars:

Thursday, April 26th, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CNM (formerly TVI) Workforce Training Center, Room 103
5600 Eagle Rock NE, Albuquerque
(SEE DRAFT OF AGENDA BELOW)

Wednesday, May 16th, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
CNM (formerly TVI) Workforce Training Center, Room 103
5600 Eagle Rock NE, Albuquerque

Thursday, June 21st, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
State Capital, Room 322, Santa Fe
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC INPUT IN BOLD)

Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM – Thursday, April 26, 2007
Room 103, CNM (formerly TVI) Workforce Training Center
5600 Eagle Rock Ave NE, ALBUQUERQUE
DRAFT AGENDA

9:00 – 9:15 AM: Welcome, Review of Agenda, Approval of 10/19/06 & 11/30/06 Minutes – Lieutenant Governor Diane Denish

9:15 – 9:45 AM: Discussion of Study Design (and How It Differs From Other Approaches to Costing of Models)

• Dr. Deborah Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

9:45 – 10:15 AM: Questions from Committee Members

10:15 – 11:00 AM Presentation of Specifications for Costing Analyses – Current System and Three Reform Models

• Dr. Deborah Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

11:00 – 11:15 AM: BREAK

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM: Questions from Committee Members

12:00 – 12:30 PM: Public Input

12:30 – 1:00 PM: LUNCH BREAK (Committee members may order lunch)

1:00 – 1:45 PM Study’s Modeling Results for NM Current System

• Dr. Deborah Chollet & Dr. Su Liu, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

1:45 – 2:30 PM: Questions of Mathematic from Committee Members

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Study’s Results To Date & Issues for Three Reform Models & What Will Come Next – Legal, Economic & Financial Issues

• Dr. Deborah Chollet & Dr. Su Liu, Mathematica Policy Research Inc.

3:00 – 3:15 PM: BREAK

3:15 – 3:45 PM: Public Input

3:45 – 4:30 PM: Questions & Discussion with Mathematica by Committee Members

4:30 – 5:00 PM Discussion of Possible Next Steps

• Meetings May 16 (Albuquerque) & June 21 (Santa Fe)

5:00 PM:  ADJOURN

All Meetings Will Be Recorded

Thanks,
Health Action NM

Editor's Note: As reported in the Albuquerque Journal:

On October 19, [2006] 11 out of 19 members of Gov. Bill Richardson's Health Coverage for New Mexicans Committee, his third task force on health insurance reform, ranked the New Mexico Health Security Plan as their No. 1 choice to be included in a study that will analyze three different health care reform models and how they impact rising health care costs.

The committee's decision reflects the growing support of New Mexicans from all around the state for the Health Security Plan. The Health Security for New Mexicans Campaign, which developed this plan, continues to grow ...

If you care about universal healthcare for New Mexico, now's the time to show up, make it known and learn more.