The Colorado Coalition for the Medically Underserved (CCMU), the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative (CCHI), and the state’s Health Reform Implementation Board will be holding community forums regarding Colorado’s efforts to create health insurance exchanges. Under the Affordable Care Act, states are responsible to develop health insurance exchanges – virtual marketplaces -where thousands of currently uninsured Coloradans will seek information to select and purchase health insurance. Many of these individuals and families will be eligible for federal subsidies to help them pay their insurance premiums.

The community forums will give stakeholders and the public an opportunity to learn more about health insurance exchanges and provide input as Colorado begins moving forward on health reform implementation efforts. The first forum will be held on Friday, July 23rd from 9a-11a in Denver at the National Jewish Hospital (1400 Jackson Street) in the Molly Blank Center.