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Successes

· New Northwest Health Services Clinics in St. Joseph

· Children’s Medicaid Dental Clinic (Patee Market)

· Individual Insurance Product through Community Health Plan

· Heartland Clinics Expand to 98 physicians, 11 CRNA’s & 18 clini cal practitioners

Challenges

· Costs of coverage

· Medicaid cuts

· Providers

· Employers unable to offer coverage due to cost

· While large % of population has coverage, affordability remains contentious

Opportunities

· Improve coverage for workforce

· Develop coverage/access opportunities for the poor and uninsured

· Build consensus on affordable and fair cost

· Managed Medicaid