August 24, 2009
HealthWords 2 was prepared by the Colorado Health Institute (CHI) staff to assist policymakers, state and local agency officials and others in better understanding the myriad of terms and acronyms that are part of ongoing health care reform discussions. This 2009 glossary is an update to CHI’s 2007 publication with additional terms that have become part of the lexicon of health care reform’s unique language used to describe state- and national- level reform options and strategies.