ACTION ALERT
ACT NOW! PROTECT PRIMARY CARE FUNDS!
Urgent! Contact your Colorado Representatives, Senators and members of the Joint Budget Committee now! The Colorado Legislature is planning to cut $15 million from the Primary Care Fund (allocated by Amendment 35) this morning.
Amendment 35 was passed by voters in 2004 by a 2/3 majority to provide tobacco education, disease prevention, primary care and public program expansions to Coloradans. The Primary Care Fund currently provides approximately $31 million annually to safety net providers, such as the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, to care for the uninsured.
If these cuts are enacted, tens of thousands of Coloradans will be denied access to health care, particularly children and low-income individuals and families. Tell your Representatives and Senators to vote NO on Senate Bill 271. To find contact information for your legislators, please click here.
Thank you.
Meg Costello
Public Policy Analyst
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless
mcostello@coloradocoalition.org
http://www.coloradocoalition.org/