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Focus and Goals

The SPG Community Outreach Workgroup exists to ensure that the working uninsured have representation in state planning activities. They will be responsible for assuring that community group stakeholders are integrated into the overall program process and that they identify possible projects that the Commonwealth may want to consider in its quest to cover Virginia’s uninsured. The primary goals of the SPG Community Outreach Workgroup are:

1. Facilitate input from the uninsured, with an emphasis on the working uninsured from all geographic regions of the state, about the feasibility of potential coverage expansion options.

2. Assist with appropriate and effective information dissemination strategies to the uninsured, with an emphasis on the working uninsured.

3. Facilitate successful market tests of recommended coverage expansion options with the uninsured, with an emphasis on the working uninsured and inform implementation plan development.

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Meeting Notes and Work Products

Meeting Date	Agenda	Minutes	Information/Background Materials
October 14, 2004	Agenda	Minutes	Briefing (Powerpoint Presentation)
October 28, 2004		Minutes	Focus & Goals and Recommendations
May 4, 2005	Agenda		Overview of State Options (ppt) Health Care Insurance and Access: State of the Commonwealth of Virginia (Survey Results) (ppt) Timeline & Thoughts For Model Review (doc) Employment and Insurance Coverage in Virginia 2004: Facts at a Glance Virginia Uninsured 2004: Facts at a Glance
June 10, 2005	Agenda	Minutes	Overview of Proposed Insurance Models (pdf)
Additional Documents			Final Report of the SPG Community Outreach Workgroup (pdf) Employers' cost of providing health benefits expected to rise 12.6% in '06 :- A survey by benefits consultant Hewitt Associates finds that U.S. companies will pay an estimated 12.6% more for their employees' health insurance in 2006 than in 2005. Requires free registration to view. SPG Community Outreach Workgroup Members List (pdf) Choosing Providers Called Key to Health Care Costs (Source: Society for Human Resources Management)

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For questions or to get more information about the SPG Community Outreach Workgroup please contact:

Denise C. Daly, M.S.
Project Director, VCU/REACH HCAP Grant
Executive Director, REACH
Phone: (804) 827-3224
email: ddaly@vcu.edu

Last Updated: August 24, 2005