Dear BCMS Delegate:
I am looking forward to meeting with you next week on Wednesday,
Sept 7, at 6:30 PM A large part of the CMS's business this year will involve
Amendments C and D, ballot You'll want to have a good understanding of the issues.
Colorado
legislative staff has written The link for Amendment C is: The link for Amendment D is: You can find a clickable link to these sites at the Boulder County
Medical Society web site http://bcms.net
If you would like to learn more from the ballot measures'
proponents, log on to www.voteYESonC-D.com. You should have received a copy of your delegate's handbook by
now. You are welcome If you have any questions about your accommodations at Steamboat
Springs, I look forward to seeing you all at our pre-caucus meeting next
Wednesday. Mark Laitos, M.D. 2005 BCMS pre-caucus chair Past President, BCMS
at the BCMS offices at 6676 Gunpark Drive
in Boulder. We'll be reviewing the business of the
upcoming Colorado Medical Society annual meeting in Steamboat Springs.
It's always been
very helpful to share ideas
with all the Boulder
County delegates before
we do the real business
up at the annual meeting.
initiatives that
Colorado will vote on this November.
In case you aren't familiar, Amendments
C and
D ask Colorado's voters to allow the state to keep some revenue that otherwise
would be refunded, with specific mandates to spend that extra revenue on health
care,
public education, and highways.
a superb, readable, and brief draft summary of
these issues. The final version will be
sent to
all the voters in the state later in September.
You'll find your discussions in the next two
weeks
much more satisfying if you read these summaries on line before then.
To hear the
other side, try www.taxincrease.org.
to read all of
it. But lots of delegates just look at
the yellow pages behind the tabs
labeled 'Board of Directors/etc, and Health
Affairs'. These are the resolutions
we'll be voting on
in Steamboat. The
resolutions that we approve will go on to become CMS policy.
please contact Judy, the BCMS executive, at (303) 527-3215.