Hawaii County Councilmember Valerie Poindexter joined the the Health Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties.
Hawaii County Councilmember Valerie Poindexter joined the the Health Steering Committee of the National Association of Counties.
NACo’s Health Steering Committee members play a role in advancing legislative and policy priorities important to the nation’s counties. The committee addresses all matters pertaining to public health and healthy communities, including disease and injury prevention and health promotion, health disparities reduction, financing delivering health care, including services for the uninsured, underinsured, and medically indigent, Medicaid, Medicare, long-term care, behavioral health services, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and services for persons with developmental disabilities.