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Colorado???s governor and legislature should commit to taking the necessary actions to reform our health care system so all Coloradans have access to a core set of affordable, quality health care services. We should identify the most promising ideas for improving our health care system and put them into action.

Colorado should increase its Child Care Tax Credit, and it should make the credit available in all years, not just when there is a TABOR surplus. It also should extend the credit to families with disabled dependents of any age. Families should be able to claim the full credit amount at the state level even if they don???t have a federal tax liability.

The next governor and legislature should thoroughly review eligibility levels and reimbursement rates for Colorado???s health care programs to ensure more families benefit from health programs as they work toward self-sufficiency.

The next governor and legislature should thoroughly review eligibility levels and reimbursement rates for Colorado???s health care programs to ensure more families benefit from health programs as they work toward self-sufficiency.

The governor and legislature should continue to dedicate more resources to the Colorado Indigent Care Program to expand community-based health care.

We need to find ways to bring down the cost of coverage between jobs so that more middle class families can afford to continue coverage when they leave a job. One approach may be to make Colorado???s health care tax credit permanent and refundable, so workers can recover some of the costs of retaining health coverage between jobs.

To improve child care quality, the state should work with counties to pay market rates to child care providers and offer incentives to those who participate in quality initiatives. The legislature should pass a bill similar to HB06-1397 to expand local early childhood councils to streamline costs while increasing availability, accessibility and quality of these services.

A Boulder Daily Camera commentary exposing the need for public assistance for child care, which would help low-income parents support their families.

Colorado should increase its Child Care Tax Credit, and it should make the credit available in all years, not just when there is a TABOR surplus. It also should extend the credit to families with disabled dependents of any age. To improve child care quality, the state should work with counties to pay market rates to child care providers and offer incentives to those who participate in quality initiatives.

We should continue to dedicate more resources to the Colorado Indigent Care Program to expand community-based health care. If the Colorado Health Care Services Fund proves effective, the legislature should increase funding to expand coverage to more Coloradans who need it.