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Local Leader Receives Distinguished Health Policy Award

William Lindsay Recognized for Leadership in Health Care Reform in Colorado

William Lindsay, above, was awarded the John K. Iglehart Award for Leadership in Health Policy.

DENVER — At the annual Dorsey Hughes Symposium on health care reform held last week in Beaver Creek, Colo., William Lindsay received the distinguished John K. Iglehart Award for Leadership in Health Policy.

Created to recognize an individual whose wisdom, involvement and leadership have helped define and move forward positive reform in health care, the award is named after John K. Iglehart, founding editor of Health Affairs, a health policy journal. The award honors Lindsay’s dedication to health care reform in Colorado.

The president of Lockton Companies, LLC, a firm specializing in insurance, risk management and employee benefits, Lindsay was appointed to head the Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform, established by the Colorado legislature in 2006 in Senate Bill 208. Lindsay led the group, referred to as the 208 Commission, in studying and establishing health care reform models to expand health coverage and to decrease health care costs for Colorado residents. He and the other Commission members dedicated thousands of volunteer hours to gather community input, review proposals and develop the Commission’s recommendations that were presented to the legislature earlier this year.

A Colorado native, Lindsay is widely respected in his own state and nationally for his leadership, professionalism and commitment to comprehensive health reform and his ability to build bridges between business and health policy and between insurers and consumers. He has published numerous articles and white papers on insurance, employee benefits, health care and health care reform. He frequently speaks before state and national groups and has testified several times before Congress.

“Bill’s innate ability to inspire and build consensus is just what Colorado needs in a leader who is truly committed to health care reform,” said M. Thomas Boyer, chairman of The Colorado Health Foundation’s Board of Directors. “His commitment to finding solutions to Colorado’s and the nation’s health care challenges will go unmatched.”

In sincere appreciation for Lindsay’s leadership, inspiration and commitment to the field of health care policy, the Foundation will make a $10,000 contribution to a health care nonprofit of Lindsay’s choice.

The legacy of the annual Dorsey Hughes Symposium, produced by The Colorado Health Foundation, is in large part due to the guidance and leadership of John Iglehart. Last year, the Foundation established a new tradition to inspire others when it created the John K. Iglehart Award for Leadership in Health Policy, which recognizes Iglehart’s more than 20 years of dedication to the Symposium, as well as his immense contribution to the discussion of health care policy through his work at Health Affairs and The New England Journal of Medicine.

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