West Virginians’ Campaign for a Healthy Future

Legislative Priorities 2009

Standards for Health Care Reform

Together, we can make West Virginia's health care system work for all our residents by enacting state legislation that meets the following standards:

• All West Virginians must have access to high quality health care coverage, without discrimination or exclusions based on income, medical condition, employment status, gender, age, geography or other factors.
• Health care and coverage must be comprehensive and continuous, assuring that the medical and behavioral care needs of all West Virginians are met throughout all stages of life, from birth to death.
• Comprehensive health care and coverage must be affordable to all purchasers: individuals, families, businesses, and government.
• Wellness, preventive care, chronic disease management, and evidence- based best practices should become foundations of West Virginia's health care system.
• Financing of West Virginia's health care must be a responsibility shared on a sustainable basis by individuals, businesses, and government.
• The rising cost of West Virginia health care and coverage must be effectively contained.
• The quality of health care must be continuously improved.
• Health care reform in West Virginia shall not undermine existing levels or quality of coverage or care for anyone.

The mission of West Virginians Campaign for a Healthy Future is to achieve enactment of state legislation that significantly reduces the growth in health care costs and guarantees affordable access to high quality health care to every resident of West Virginia.

The West Virginians' Campaign for a Healthy Future was formed to provide a unified voice to everyone who seeks to lift the crushing burden of health cost increases from the backs of West Virginians, our businesses and our state and local governments.

We are a broad alliance of West Virginia residents, businesses, labor unions, consumer advocates, and people of faith. We are united by a shared challenge and committed to a common mission.

West Virginia stands at the threshold of a historic opportunity. Together, we will make our health care system work, again, for all West Virginians join us today!

Join West Virginians' Campaign for a Healthy Future!

West Virginians' Campaign for a Healthy Future
222 Capitol St. Suite 400
Charleston, WV 25301
www.wvhealthyfuture.com

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