I-Colourado Hasters Homes Virtual Townhall ene-US Representative Diana DeGette

I-AURORA, Colo. - IColorado Access, uhlelo lwezempilo olungenzi-501 (c) olu-4 olusebenzisa uHlelo lwezeMpilo lweMedicaid nolwezingane plus (CHP +) inani labantu, lisingethe Ummeli wase-US uDiana DeGette ngesimemo kuphela, i-townhall ebonakalayo egxile kwisimo sokunakekelwa okuyisisekelo ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19. I-townhall ibigxile kwezokuxhumana, uhlelo lwezempilo lomphakathi, kanye nokufinyelela ezinsizeni zokunakekelwa okuyisisekelo kwemiphakathi enemibala. Ngesikhathi somcimbi, i-Representative DeGette kanye nabaholi bezokunakekelwa kwempilo baxoxe ngezimali zokunakekelwa kwempilo kanye nemithetho ye-COVID-19, kanye nokuthi izinsizakalo zokuxhumana ngocingo zikhule kanjani; yonke imithombo ethinta ukunakekelwa kwamaColoradans ayitholayo, iningi labantu abasengozini yokuhlinzekwa yi-Medicaid.

Njengoba abantu abaningi bephuma ezinsizakalweni zokwelapha ezijwayelekile ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-COVID-19, izindawo zokunakekela izingane ngokuyinhloko kuye kwadingeka ukuthi zibe nobuciko ukuze zilondoloze imisebenzi yebhizinisi futhi ziqinisekise impilo yeziguli. I-STRIDE Community Health Centre isiphendukele ekuhlolweni kwempilo yabasebenzi nsuku zonke, ukuhlolwa kweziguli emnyango, kanye nokwenyuka kwezinsizakalo zokuxhumana ngocingo. Isikhungo sezempilo somphakathi siphinde sakwazi ukuvivinya abantu abangaphezu kwe-10,000 kwe-COVID-19 kusukela ngoMeyi.

"Izinselelo ezalethwa yi-COVID zaba isivivinyo esikhulu sokuzimisela kwethu ukugcina imisebenzi itholakala emiphakathini yethu nokugcina wonke amalungu eqembu lethu eqashiwe," kusho uBen Wiederholt, umongameli kanye ne-CEO kwi-STRIDE Community Health Center. "Kusukela ekuqaleni sahlonza imigomo yokuphepha, ukusimama, ubumbano nokuzivumelanisa nezimo kubalulekile ekuqondiseni uhambo lwethu nge-COVID. Ngiyaziqhenya kakhulu ngokuba phakathi kwabasebenzi abasebenza kanjena abazinikele ekuzuzeni umphakathi wethu wangaphakathi nangaphandle. ”

Izinsizakalo ze-Telehealth zibone ukwanda kubo bonke abahlinzeki, futhi lokho kulindeleke ukuthi kuhlale, noma ngabe lolu bhubhane seluphelile.

“Yize ubuchwepheshe bethelevishini belukhona iminyaka eminingana, ubhubhane lwe-COVID lwenze iphupho. Lezi zinsizakalo zingahle zingasetshenziswa kakhulu esikhathini esizayo njengoba zinjalo nanamuhla, kodwa ngeke sibuyele emaphethini wethu we- “pre-COVID”, ”kusho uDkt. Bill Wright, umqondisi wezokwelapha wohlelo eColorado Access. "Inselelo kuzoba ukuthola izindaba zokubuyiselwa kwemali kanye nama-regs alawula ukusetshenziswa okufanele kuya phambili."

Ngisho njengoba imibuso iqala ukuvula kabusha, abahlinzeki abaningi bezidingongqangi basabona ukwehla kwesibalo seziguli ezifuna ukunakekelwa kwezinsizakalo ezijwayelekile. Kuhlanganiswe nabanikezeli abaningi bezokuphepha, njengemitholampilo kanye nezikhungo zezempilo zomphakathi, ukungafakwa ezinhlelweni zokuxhasa imali kudale umthwalo omkhulu njengoba labo abahlinzeki basebenzela izingozi eziphezulu kakhulu, imiphakathi emincane kanye nabantu abangaphansi, abahlukumezeka ngokungafanele futhi besengozini enkulu I-COVID-19.

"Yize ngingenakukhuluma ngayo yonke imisebenzi yokunakekelwa okuyisisekelo, kubonakala sengathi kukhona okuhlangenwe nakho okufana nalokhu kulabo abasiza abampofu, inani eliphansi lokulahleka kweziguli ezingama-50-70% ngesikhathi sokuhlala ekhaya," kusho uBhebhe Kleinman , isikhulu esiphezulu kwaDoices Care. "Silulama kancane kodwa ucwaningo lwakamuva lukhombisa ukuthi zingaphezulu kuka-60% imitholampilo yokuphepha komphakathi engalindele ukuthi izosebenza kahle ngokwezimali kuze kube unyaka ka-2021. Silindele ukuthi lokhu kube yinto entsha ejwayelekile ngisho nangokwezokuxhumana nokusebenza kahle."

Abamele iDeGette baphinde bathi ubhubhane lwe-COVID-19 alunakulungiswa ngaphandle kokubhekana nohlelo lwamanje lwezempilo lomphakathi. Lokhu kufaka phakathi ukuhlolwa okuhleliwe, uhlelo lokuxhumanisa oluhlanganisiwe, ekugcineni nokugoma. Njengoba ngisebenze e-US House of Representatives kusukela ngo-1997, i-Representative DeGette ingumpetha wesikhathi eside wenqubomgomo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo, kusukela ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kwabo bonke kuya ku-Cones Act ka-2014 kuya kumthetho wakamuva obiza ukuthi kuhlolwe kabanzi i-COVID-19.

Mayelana ne-Colorado Access:

Kusungulwe i-1994, iColorado Access uhlelo lwempilo lwasekhaya olungenzi inzuzo olusebenzisa amalungu kuyo yonke iColorado. Amalungu ale nkampani athola ukunakekelwa kwezempilo njengengxenye yoHlelo Lwezempilo Yezingane plus (CHP +) ne-Health First Colorado (Uhlelo lweMedicaid lweColorado) ngokuziphatha nokuziphatha ngokomzimba, nezinsizakalo zesikhathi eside futhi zisekela izinhlelo. Le nkampani futhi ihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zokuxhumanisa ukunakekelwa futhi iphatha izinzuzo zokuziphatha nezempilo yomzimba ezifundeni ezimbili njengengxenye ye-Accountable Care Collaborative Programme ngokusebenzisa i-Health First Colorado. Ukuze ufunde kabanzi ngeColorado Access, vakashela coaccess.com.

 

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