title: "Community health care: serving Colorado's uninsured"--a health policy legislative proposal.
abstract: The article presents a hypothetical legislative proposal titled "Community Health Care: Serving the Uninsured." Briefly stated, the purpose of this legislation is to encourage public and private initiatives to provide health care for the uninsured, the indigent, and the underinsured citizens of Colorado. Lessons learned from this project can facilitate APNs' understanding of the issues surrounding the development of health policy.
authors.affiliation: Nursing Service, Saint Joseph Hospital, Denver, Colorado, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sabo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wertz
mesh_terms: D003120:Colorado; D003153:Community Health Services / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006291:Health Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010865:Pilot Projects