WPHCA believes permanent, lasting health care reform will require everyone in the current health care system to come together to ensure that quality, cost-effective health care is available and accessible to all Wisconsinites. These goals and beliefs reflect WPHCA’s positions on health care reform.
Core Beliefs
Before a final decision is made to endorse or oppose a specific health care plan, WPHCA will work to assure it addresses our patients needs.
With our growth and our unique presence within the state’s health care delivery system, it is WPHCA’s goal to have Community Health Centers treated as a key partner in any and all future health care reform effort.
Coverage does not equal Access
WPHCA favors reform plans that improve insurance coverage, and access to providers.
To have an optimal health care service delivery system in Wisconsin, any plan must put accessibility of care first.
Key Goals
When evaluating any proposed reform, WPHCA support will verify that it corresponds to our mission and vision statements, and guiding principles of patient-centered access.
- Does it increase a patient’s access to comprehensive, quality medical, mental and dental health care; and
- Will it decrease a patient’s financial, geographic and cultural barriers to receiving primary care?
Core Beliefs
Before a final decision is made to endorse or oppose a specific health care plan, WPHCA will work to assure it addresses our patients needs.
- Will it expand affordable health insurance availability so qualified individuals can retain coverage;
- Does it share fiscal responsibility among the government, employers, private providers and patients;
- Can it provide a regular source of preventive care through the “medical home” concept;
- Is it helping to eliminate health disparities that exist in many racial and ethnic populations; and
- Will it preserve safety net funding to provide care for those who fall through the cracks?
With our growth and our unique presence within the state’s health care delivery system, it is WPHCA’s goal to have Community Health Centers treated as a key partner in any and all future health care reform effort.
Coverage does not equal Access
WPHCA favors reform plans that improve insurance coverage, and access to providers.
- Will it directly lead to an increase in the number of providers willing and able to treat patients?
- Does it increase the availability of care in a patient’s geographical area?
- Will it bolster provider sensitivity for cultural and linguistically-challenged patients who face barriers other than cost and availability?
To have an optimal health care service delivery system in Wisconsin, any plan must put accessibility of care first.
