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Iminyaka engama-25 yokunakekela

Ubukuphi eminyakeni engu-25 edlule? Bengisesikoleni samabanga aphezulu, kwesinye isifunda, ngizikhathaza ngezinto ezijwayelekile zesikole samabanga aphezulu, njengokuhlangana kwe-cross country kule mpelasonto, noma uma ngizoqeda umsebenzi wami wesikole namuhla ebusuku. Kulo nyaka, i-Colorado Access igubha iminyaka engu-25 yokunakekela. Sesineminyaka engu-25 silapha; njengozakwethu womphakathi, umqashi onokwethenjelwa, nesisetshenziswa esithenjwayo samalungu kanye nabahlinzeki.

Lapho sivula iminyango yethu okokuqala, izinto zashintsha kancane. Iholo elincane lalingu-$3.00 uma liqhathaniswa ne-$12.00 eliyilo namuhla eColorado. Kuzwakala sengathi i-Coors Field isiphenduke isisekelo sosiko lwaseDenver. Kunzima ukukhumbula isikhathi lapho yayingekho. Futhi kwabanye bethu, asazi iDenver ngaphandle kwayo. Kodwa kwakungu-1995, ngo-April 26 lapho amaRockies adlala khona umdlalo wawo wokuqala.

Ngo-1995, uBill Clinton wayengumongameli. Namuhla, sinoDonald Trump. Ipolitiki ezungeze lokhu ayikwazanga ukwehluka kakhulu, kodwa into eyodwa ihlala njalo. Ngaleso sikhathi sasikhuluma ngokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Namuhla, sisakhuluma ngokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Futhi iColorado Access ibikhona kukho konke. Ukuphila kwethu isikhathi eside kubonisa ukuthi sikwazile kanjani ukuzivumelanisa noshintsho. Imboni yokunakekelwa kwezempilo ingase ishintshe unomphela, kodwa umgomo wethu, nakuba kube nezinguqulo ezihlukahlukene, ubulokhu ufana: ukusebenzisana nemiphakathi ngokufinyelela ekunakekelweni okuseqophelweni eliphezulu, okuthengekayo.

Inkampani ishintshile futhi yageleza, futhi besikhona ngenxa yezinto ezithile eziyisikhumbuzo futhi senza izinguquko kumodeli yethu yebhizinisi. Kwakuyiminyaka eyishumi edlule kulo nyaka lapho uMthetho Wokuvikela Isiguli Nokunakekelwa Okuthengekayo wasayinwa waba umthetho. Lokho kubangele izinto ezifana nokwandiswa kwe-Medicaid kanye nokuqaliswa kwe-Connect for Health Colorado marketplace. I-Telemedicine iye yanda phakathi neminyaka edlule, futhi ngo-2014 saqala inkampani engaphansi, i-AccessCare Services, ukuze ihambisane nalo mkhuba wokunakekelwa kwezempilo. Ngo-1998, Uhlelo Lomshuwalense Wezempilo Wezingane (olwaziwa ngokuthi Uhlelo Lwezempilo Lwezingane plus noma i-CHP+ e-Colorado), yasetshenziswa, futhi uhlelo lwethu, i-CHP+ olunikezwa i-Colorado Access, manje selukhule lwaba uhlelo olukhulu lwe-CHP+ esifundazweni. Konke esikwenzile eminyakeni edlule kwenziwe ngombono wokubona imiphakathi enempilo iguqulwa ukunakekelwa abantu abakufunayo ngezindleko esingakwazi ukuzikhokhela sonke.

Kulo nyaka, siqala umgubho. Umgubho weminyaka engama-25 yokunakekela wena nempilo yakho.