The Affordable Care Act: An Employer’s Perspective

By Marshall Vanderburg, Director of Operations at Joining Vision and Action With increased public discussion regarding the Affordable Care Act (ACA), one important element easily overlooked is the role employers have in providing health insurance. Conversely, ACA’s effect for employees deciding whether to take advantage of employer-provided health insurance coverage. Employer-provided health insurance coverage trends break [...]

Colorado health care cooperative: Big Ideas for 2013

Senator Irene Aguilar By Amber Alarid, JVA Consulting The next in our series of “Big Ideas” blogs, which highlight the big ideas of movers and shakers in the social change sector, this blog is based on an interview with Colorado State Senator Irene Aguilar (D-Denver). Senator Aguilar, a physician, advocates for health care [...]

2017-01-07T18:50:36-07:00February 27th, 2013|Blog|2 Comments

Issue Brief: The Impact of Health in Colorado

Can Colorado be the healthiest state if large numbers of its residents lack access to health care? That's one of the questions that is being discussed by a diverse group of stakeholders convened by Clinica Tepeyac with funding from The Colorado Trust's Convening for Colorado initiative. JVA Consulting is facilitating the conversations. As part of our [...]

2016-08-12T22:55:25-06:00December 12th, 2012|Blog|0 Comments

Volunteers share their stories during Health Week

As the summer began, President Obama encouraged citizens across the nation to take part in an initiative called United We Serve (UWS). The idea behind the initiative is that citizens can contribute to the economic recovery through meaningful volunteer service. As part of the program, August 10-16 was recognized as “Health Week” and volunteers who [...]

2009-08-21T10:17:03-06:00August 21st, 2009|Blog|1 Comment

Obama’s proposed changes may hinder nonprofit donations

During a news conference Tuesday, President Barack Obama defended his controversial proposal to cap tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans on charitable gifts and use the revenue to help fund his health-care overhaul. While the majority of Americans can write off 28 percent of their salaries in itemized deductions, according to a recent Los Angeles [...]

2017-01-07T18:51:20-07:00March 27th, 2009|Blog|0 Comments
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