Sen. Bob Rankin, county commissioners, Peak Health to discuss the issue Monday evening
Garfield County is hosting a virtual community forum on the affordability of health-care insurance in the region at 6 p.m. Monday, April 5, via Zoom.
Participating in the forum will be the three members of the Board of County Commissioners, state Sen. Bob Rankin and Peak Health Alliance CEO Claire Brockbank. The discussion will include a community question-and-answer session.
Topics are to include health insurance options in Colorado and state legislation that may affect rates in the region.
“Since the inception of the Affordable Care Act, the Board of County Commissioners has been working to bring down the cost of health insurance,” Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky said in a news release. “The high cost of insurance has been on the back of the middle class in Garfield County.”
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The early moves from the Biden Administration raise serious questions about the commitment to the so-called “just transition” for energy workers.
The executive orders to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline and ban new leasing for oil and natural gas development on federal lands has resulted in tens of thousands of workers and hundreds of small businesses facing economic devastation at the single stroke of a pen without any type of support.
These orders fly in the face of the campaign pledges made last year by candidate Joe Biden, fringe Democrats, and progressive activist groups who promised a smooth change transition to gainful employment in other sectors of the energy industry.
Budget impacts due to the ongoing downturn in the natural gas industry are driving Garfield County’s policy directives for 2021, with an eye toward diversifying the county’s economic base.
County commissioners recently adopted their “Directives and Action Plan” for the year, giving weight both to the realities of running a county with fewer revenues and looking to some new areas for economic development potential.
The county this year made across-the-board budget cuts of 5%, including eliminating 18 jobs through attrition and cutting programs such as the Sheriff’s Office animal control division and the Youth Conservation Corps outdoor projects summer employment program.
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