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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Garcia
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
03/07/07
HB HM 58
SHORT TITLE San Miguel County Health Care Services
SB
ANALYST Hanika Ortiz
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
NFI
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
House Memorial 58 wishes to congratulate San Miguel County for its establishment of a pilot
project for affordable health care services and providing affordable health care to its uninsured
persons without increasing government contributions.
The memorial provides the following comments:
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The San Miguel board of county commissioners has involved itself in a multistate pilot
program to benefit the uninsured.
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That pilot program makes significant reductions in rates for health care services and yet
requires no new state funds.
•
Through the system, employers and working taxpayers can budget for health care costs at
affordable levels similar to average rates from five years ago.
•
Through the system, providers are able to substantially discount their rates because they
are guaranteed cash flow without long waiting periods or administrative overhead and
billing costs.
•
The new program also creates a high-risk pool of persons who are not currently insured
through seed money from federal grants.
•
Removing the most expensive cases from the pool reduces the costs for those with less
critical needs.