Health care is something we all need at some points in our lives. Because it’s too important to ignore, the Health District wants to hear from residents about what matters most to them concerning healthcare.

To do that, the Health District is launching Health Care Matters, a series of community conversations aimed at uncovering people’s values around healthcare. That information later will be passed on to decision makers at the state level.

Instead of debating policy or trying to change minds, the focus of the local discussions in Health Care Matters will be on exploring people’s underlying values as they relate to health and the healthcare system. Participants will be encouraged to express how they want healthcare to work for them.

The Health District will take what is learned from the approximately 150 planned community conversations and share it with participants, the community and state legislators—thus giving participants a voice on the issue.

Health Care Matters is a three-year project funded by The Colorado Trust as part of Project Health Colorado, a new public campaign to help inform and engage Coloradans about important health coverage and care issues in our state by giving Coloradans a place to ask questions, get answers, share solutions, and support healthcare that works for everyone.

For more information, please contact Chelsea Williams, Health Care Matters Project Coordinator at cwilliams@healthdistrict.org or 970-224-5209, ext. 233.