The Salt Lake Chamber supports health system reform that focuses on accountability at all levels including patients, providers, purchasers, payers and political leaders. Every Utahn should take more responsibility for their personal health.

The Chamber was represented at the American Heart Association’s Heart on the Hill Day, February 5, in conjunction with their National Wear Red Day campaign. Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell, Senator Allen Christensen, Representative Paul Ray, Senator Patricia Jones and longtime volunteer and Advocacy Task Force Chair Beverly May spoke to the many volunteers that showed up donning their red. 

The Chamber supports a number of health reform bills this legislative session and has called for an increase in the tobacco tax to at least the national average.

DID YOU KNOW?

• Heart Disease is the No. 1 killer of women age 20- and over, killing approximately one woman every minute!
• More women die of cardiovascular disease than the next 5 causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer.
• While 1 in 30 American women die of breast cancer, about 1 in 3 die from cardiovascular disease.
• One in three U.S. women die from cardiovascular disease, but only 1 in 5 believe that heart disease is her greatest health threat.
• 90% of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease. 

WHAT CAN YOU DO?

• 80% of cardiac events in women may be prevented f women make the right choices for their hearts.
• Choose to speak up for our hearts can help us beat the No. 1 killer of women.

Video: Scott Brown, American Heart Association discusses Go Red day.