| Date | Title |
| May 08, 2008 |
The "Year of Health Reform" in California: Take Two--Lessons for the Next Attempt |
| May 05, 2008 |
Automakers Jobs Moving to Canada Because of High Health Costs—Why We Need Health Care Reform in California--and What We Don’t Need |
| May 03, 2008 |
More on McCain’s “Health Plan” and Why It Doesn’t Add Up |
| April 30, 2008 |
The “New McCain Health Plan” Doesn’t Hold Up Under Scrutiny |
| April 30, 2008 |
Latest Field Poll Shows Sharp Jump in Support for “Government Provided Health Care” in California |
| April 28, 2008 |
Numbers Off the Charts in New California Field Poll on Health Care--Should Provide Impetus for Reforms |
| April 27, 2008 |
Status Report: California 2008 Bills of Interest to Health Advocates |
| April 26, 2008 |
Families USA Report: California Will Lose 46,700 Jobs, $5.4 Billion in Business Activity Due to Bush Administration’s Medicaid Cuts |
| April 17, 2008 |
Winning and Losing Health Care Bills in Sacramento at the Legislative Deadline—A Busy Week |
| April 16, 2008 |
Find Solutions for California’s Overcrowded Emergency Rooms: Don’t Blame the Victims, the Uninsured |
| April 15, 2008 |
Budget Subcommittee Rejects Schwarzenegger Proposal to Cut Medi-Cal Coverage by Paperwork |
| April 12, 2008 |
Strange Alliances on Health Transparency Bill and Why You Don’t Have Consumer Reports Without It |
| April 10, 2008 |
Insurance Reforms Pass California Senate Health Committee |
| April 09, 2008 |
Foundation Being Set for Some California Health Care Reform: Consumer Protections Pass Assembly Health Committee |
| April 06, 2008 |
Who’s Opposed to Informed Choices on Health Insurance by Californians? |
| April 04, 2008 |
The Grim Statistics of Californians Dying for Lack of Health Care Coverage |
| April 02, 2008 |
Pharmaceutical Lobby Kills California Bill to Limit Gifts by Drug Companies to Physicians |
| March 28, 2008 |
Senator Kuehl Sees "Pattern" of California State HMO Watchdog Siding With Industry Against Consumers |
| March 27, 2008 |
"He's not heavy, he's our brother!" Nick Columbo and Why We Need California Health Care Reform |
| March 27, 2008 |
Consumer Advocates Press California for Stronger Standards and Enforcement of Health Care Industry at Senate Committee Hearing |
| March 26, 2008 |
Newsom Sues California to Stop Medi-Cal Cuts |
| March 25, 2008 |
Health Care in McCain's Small Universe |
| March 23, 2008 |
Why Medical Students Believe in SB 840 by Senator Kuehl and How It Can Save California $8 Billion per Year and Guarantee Quality Comprehensive Health Care for All |
| March 18, 2008 |
It's not Just California That is Cutting Medical Benefits |
| March 16, 2008 |
California’s Effort at Comprehensive Health Care Reform Still Getting Nationwide Coverage |
| March 14, 2008 |
Regulated Health Insurance Initiative—What Prop 103 Did to Auto Insurance Rates--on California 2010 Ballot? |
| March 13, 2008 |
Steinberg Legislation Would Set Standards for Individual Health Insurance Market in California |
| March 13, 2008 |
John McCain's Health Plan - Don't Get Sick in America |
| March 12, 2008 |
The Plan for California Health Reform—2008 and Beyond |
| March 05, 2008 |
Taking the LAO in Context on California Health Reform |
| March 02, 2008 |
Schwarzenegger Appointee Confirmed, But Not Before Committee Rakes Him Over the Coals on Letting Health Insurers, Including Blue Cross, Set Their Own Standards |
| February 29, 2008 |
Assisted Outpatient Treatment Can’t Wait: It’s Time to Make Laura’s Law Work in California |
| February 29, 2008 |
An Opportunity to Get Better Timely Access to Care Regulations in California |
| February 26, 2008 |
Californians Should Be Aware That Health Records Systems Expose Private Health Information |
| February 20, 2008 |
Single Payer: Californians, It's Time to Have Hope |
| February 16, 2008 |
Governor Schwarzenegger Must Follow Through on Call to Ban Blue Cross From Using Doctors as Double-Agents to Dump Sick Patients |
| February 14, 2008 |
Blue Cross Backs Down - And What the California Legislature Can Do Now |
| February 14, 2008 |
That was Quick—What Blue Cross’ Reversal Means to Californians |
| February 13, 2008 |
Nunez Says Comprehensive Health Care Reform Dead in California This Year: A Deeper Look at What This Means |
| February 11, 2008 |
Wrong Diagnosis in Autopsy on California Health Reform |
| February 08, 2008 |
California Fails to Set Strong Standards on Timely Access to Care |
| February 08, 2008 |
The New Bailout: Individual Health Insurance Mandates and Greater Personal Debt |
| February 08, 2008 |
There’s No Such Thing as Zero-Risk Health Reform, Not Even in California |
| February 07, 2008 |
As Health Bill Dies, California Activists Turn to Single Payer Bill |
| January 31, 2008 |
Schwarzenegger Tries to Figure Out Next Steps on California Health Care |
| January 29, 2008 |
Can Californians Reason Together on Where We Go From Here on Health Care Reform? |
| January 29, 2008 |
Let’s Avoid Serious Mistakes in the Next California Healthcare Reform Bill |
| January 29, 2008 |
More Reactions and Statements About Defeat of California Health Care Reform Bill |
| January 29, 2008 |
Overcoming California's Unique Health Reform Hurdles |
| January 28, 2008 |
California Health Care Reform Bill of Speaker Nunez and Governor Schwarzenegger Dies in Committee |
| January 28, 2008 |
Senate Leader Perata Does Not Support California Health Care Reform Bill |
| January 28, 2008 |
New Analysis Provides Assurances on California Health Reform to be Voted on This Afternoon |
| January 28, 2008 |
Time for a Gut Check on Health Reform Bill in California State Senate |
| January 25, 2008 |
Democrats Should Stop Squabbling Over Healthcare Mandates |
| January 24, 2008 |
Historic California Health Reform Legislation Heard in Senate Committee |
| January 23, 2008 |
California Health Coverage Bill Vote Delayed Until Monday |
| January 23, 2008 |
Historic California Health Reform Gets Hearing Today |
| January 23, 2008 |
Opposition to California Healthcare Bill Grows |
| January 22, 2008 |
LAO Report on California Health Coverage Bill and Ballot Measure—The Risks of Action and Inaction |
| January 22, 2008 |
California Health Coverage Bill May Be Dead for the Year |
| January 17, 2008 |
Go to the Original Sources on California Health Reform Bill: 1-Stop Shopping on ABx1 1 |
| January 15, 2008 |
New Analysis: Pending California Health Reform Would Go Well Beyond Massachusetts Measure |
| January 13, 2008 |
An Open Letter to California Single Payer Advocates Who Oppose ABX1 1 |
| January 10, 2008 |
Before the California Budget Battles Begin |
| January 08, 2008 |
California Has Its Work Cut Out on “Subprime” Health Insurance |
| January 07, 2008 |
Robo-Cuts: California’s Budget and Health Care Intertwined |
| January 06, 2008 |
Tim Johnson of ABC News Won the Republican Presidential Debate on Healthcare Last Night |
| January 04, 2008 |
California’s Nurse-Patient Ratio Law Saving Lives, Reducing the Nursing Shortage |
| January 04, 2008 |
A New Year Bring New Efforts In California Health Reform |
| January 03, 2008 |
Health Care Reform in California and the Nation: “All in, for 2008” |
| December 29, 2007 |
What a 10% Cut Means to Health Care in California |
| December 26, 2007 |
California Patients ‘Dumped’ May Now Appeal to Juries Who May Impose “Punitive” Damages to Halt These Practices in the Future |
| December 23, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform Legislation a Framework for Real, Positive Change |
| December 21, 2007 |
Speaker of the Assembly Fabian Nunez On the Assembly Passed Health Care Reform Bill |
| December 21, 2007 |
Nearly 3-1 Support for Health Care Reform Passed by Assembly in New California Field Poll |
| December 21, 2007 |
California Labor Federation Votes to Support Health Reform Bill With Amendments |
| December 21, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform, as Seen from Progressive States Network |
| December 19, 2007 |
Perata: Getting the Facts on Healthcare Reform |
| December 18, 2007 |
The Speaker's and Governor's Healthcare Bill: Part of a Series of Essays by Sheila Kuehl |
| December 18, 2007 |
Raucus Celebration in Rotunda of Capitol in Sacramento Brings Broad Coalition to Support Health Care Reform |
| December 18, 2007 |
California Assembly Passes Historic Health Expansion and Reform Proposal |
| December 17, 2007 |
Health Reform in California is Like Threading a Camel Through the Eye of a Needle |
| December 17, 2007 |
Time to Pull the Plug on the Flawed California Health Care Deal |
| December 16, 2007 |
More Details on Health Care Bill and Amendments California Assembly Will Vote on Tomorrow |
| December 14, 2007 |
New Amendments to California Health Reform Released |
| December 14, 2007 |
California Health Care Deal: So Close and Yet So Far |
| December 13, 2007 |
Individual Mandates on Health Care: The National Debate and California |
| December 06, 2007 |
Ballot Box Balancing Act in California Health Care Reform |
| December 04, 2007 |
California Republican Legislators Just Don't Care About the Poor and the Rest of Us in Health Care |
| November 28, 2007 |
In California and the Nation: Many in Middle Class Willing But Unable to Obtain Insurance |
| November 26, 2007 |
The Betrayal of Trust for California's Children on Health Care |
| November 20, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform, Let's Hope--As Nation is Slipping Down a Slope |
| November 19, 2007 |
Individual Health Care Mandates and the Problem of Affordability |
| November 19, 2007 |
California Labor Federation Supports Health Care Reform Bill With Changes to be Negotiated |
| November 17, 2007 |
California Assembly Health Committee Chair Mervyn Dymally Discusses the Democrats’ Comprehensive Health Care Reform Bill |
| November 15, 2007 |
California Health Reform Bill Advances in Special Session |
| November 15, 2007 |
The Perata-Nunez Health Bill: A Bridge Between Governor Schwarzenegger and the California Legislature |
| November 12, 2007 |
Looking Ahead to Wednesday's Hearing on California Health Care Bills |
| November 08, 2007 |
Speaker's Plan a Big Step in the Final Push for California Health Care Reform |
| November 07, 2007 |
New California Democratic Health Plan Would Significantly Expand Public Programs |
| November 06, 2007 |
California Takes First Step Towards Disenrolling Children from Health Coverage Because of Bush Veto of SCHIP |
| November 06, 2007 |
Squeeze Play: The California Democratic Health Care Compromise to Be Unveiled Today |
| November 03, 2007 |
A Matter of Life or Death: Health Care Reform in California |
| November 01, 2007 |
Legislators and Stakeholders Grill Schwarzenegger Health Plan on Affordability and Financing in California Assembly Health Committee Hearing |
| October 31, 2007 |
Why the Consumer Federation of California Opposes Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Care Proposal |
| October 30, 2007 |
The Differences Between ArnoldCare and the Presidential Candidates... |
| October 29, 2007 |
Californians Can Learn from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on Health Care |
| October 26, 2007 |
SCHIP and the Rigged Health Insurance Game |
| October 26, 2007 |
California Member of Congress Jerry McNerney: "Low Income Children in California and Our Nation Deserve Health Coverage" |
| October 25, 2007 |
California Healthy Families Program Considers Emergency Regulations in Light of SCHIP Veto by Bush and Override Failure |
| October 24, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger Regulations Won’t Stop Insurers' Illegal Cancellations of Health Policies and Will Compound Problems with His Mandatory Health Insurance Plan |
| October 20, 2007 |
Campaign Contributions and Healthcare Legislation in California: What the Data Shows |
| October 19, 2007 |
Why is the Governor Hiding the Cost of his Plan from California Families? |
| October 18, 2007 |
"Shared Responsibility?" Doesn't Seem Like it From New California Labor Federation Report on Schwarzenegger Health Care Plan That Analyzes the Numbers |
| October 18, 2007 |
Don’t Think of a Sick Child: Bush and SCHIP |
| October 17, 2007 |
The California Nurses Association v. Nunez |
| October 17, 2007 |
Focus on the Policy Questions of California's Healthcare Proposals--Not the Political Spin |
| October 16, 2007 |
Health Bills: Schwarzenegger Signs Insurance Rescission, Drug Labeling, LA County Hospital Funding--Vetoes Mental Health Parity, Working Disabled Coverage, Patient Dumping |
| October 13, 2007 |
Fact Check of Governor Schwarzenegger's Veto Statement on Health Care Bill |
| October 13, 2007 |
An Expected but Disappointing Veto by Governor Schwarzenegger of the Democratic Health Care Bill |
| October 12, 2007 |
Analysis of Governor Schwarzenegger's Legislative Language on Health Care |
| October 12, 2007 |
Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Insurance Plan 2.0 From the Standpoint of a Negotiator |
| October 12, 2007 |
Durst: Bush's Veto of SCHIP--Healthcare for Children--Like Throwing Shoes at States' Fontanelle |
| October 10, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger Did a Bit of His Own Kabuki on Health Care Yesterday |
| October 10, 2007 |
Why California Needs the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Reauthorized, Not Downsized |
| October 05, 2007 |
California Health Care in the Special Session: An Analysis of the "Working Draft" of Legislative Language That No One Claims to "Own" |
| October 03, 2007 |
Bush Vetoes Child Health Insurance: What This Means for California |
| September 28, 2007 |
U.S. CONGRESS PASSES CHILDREN'S COVERAGE; SCHIP HEADS TOWARD VETO |
| September 27, 2007 |
California Republican Congressional Delegation Disappointing in Vote on Children's Health Bill--With One Exception |
| September 25, 2007 |
Congressional Vote Today to Decide Direction Of Children's Coverage-- California's Healthy Families May Have to Disenroll Hundreds of Thousands |
| September 23, 2007 |
A Dozen Health Consumer Bills On Governor Schwarzenegger's Desk |
| September 21, 2007 |
Californians Want Major Change in Health Care and Favor Elements of Schwarzenegger and Democratic Plans |
| September 21, 2007 |
Insurers Oppose California Timely Access to Medical Care Standards in Regulatory Hearings |
| September 20, 2007 |
So Now We Are in Special Session on California Health Care. What's the Next Step? |
| September 17, 2007 |
A Nunez-Schwarzenegger Compromise or Single Payer for California? |
| September 15, 2007 |
Preventative Dental Care Legislation Will Not Just Help California’s Children Smile |
| September 13, 2007 |
Will Special Session Yield California Health Care Reform? |
| September 11, 2007 |
Senator Sheila Kuehl’s Floor Statement Health Care Reform and AB 8 |
| September 11, 2007 |
Recap and Analysis of Yesterday’s Legislative Floor Debates on California Health Care |
| September 11, 2007 |
Perata on Health Care Bill Passed By California Legislature |
| September 10, 2007 |
California State Assembly Gives Final Passage to AB 8—Democratic Health Care Legislation Goes to Governor Schwarzenegger Who Will Veto It and Call a Special Session |
| September 10, 2007 |
California State Senate Passes Nunez-Perata Health Care Bill: Assembly Debating AB 8 Now for Final Passage |
| September 10, 2007 |
California Democratic Health Bill Receives Broad Support from Labor and Consumer Groups—Will Be Voted on This Morning in Senate |
| September 10, 2007 |
AB 8 Health Care As Amended: Calling the Question, Point of Information... |
| September 10, 2007 |
Health Care: California Labor to Announce Support for Amended AB 8 Today--Senate Floor Vote Expected This Afternoon |
| September 08, 2007 |
California Health Reform Heats Up In Final Days of Legislature |
| September 04, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform by the End of Next Week? |
| September 03, 2007 |
A Labor Day Call to Action for Healthcare in California |
| August 31, 2007 |
Health Reform and the Year of Magical Thinking in California |
| August 31, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform Boiling Down to Deal Between Legislative Democrats and Governor--Nunez Optimistic About Health Care and Redistricting--and Term Limits |
| August 30, 2007 |
California Democrats Need to Stand up for Government-Financed Health Care Coverage |
| August 29, 2007 |
Will There Be a Health Bill in California? Politics v. Policy |
| August 28, 2007 |
California Health Care Reform Too Important to Diverse Communities to Waste Window of Opportunity |
| August 27, 2007 |
"The Year of Health Care Reform in California"--Is This the Way It's Going to End? |
| August 22, 2007 |
Comments and Fact Checks on Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Veto Threat |
| August 22, 2007 |
Dramatic New Field Poll Shows Increasing Dissatisfaction with Current Health Insurance System Behind Increasing California Support for Single Payor Reform |
| August 17, 2007 |
New Reports Spotlight Several Consumer Protections Missing in California’s “Wild, Wild West” Individual Market |
| August 17, 2007 |
"California Speaks": We Want Single Payer |
| August 12, 2007 |
The Barriers to Health Care in California That Need to be Addressed |
| August 03, 2007 |
The Year of Living Dangerously in Health Reform in California |
| August 02, 2007 |
New Study Finds Health Care Proposals Insufficient to Protect Californians |
| July 20, 2007 |
MONEY MATTERS: CALIFORNIA STATE BUDGET PASSES--SCHIP BILL, IMPORTANT TO CALIFORNIA KIDS' HEALTH, PASSES U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE |
| July 17, 2007 |
TWO MONTHS TO GO ON CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE BILLS THIS YEAR |
| July 12, 2007 |
Democratic Health Bill Passes Senate Committee After Lengthy Debate: Stage Being Set for Negotiations with Governor Schwarzenegger |
| July 12, 2007 |
Why California Health Insurance Premium Regulation Failed and Employee Mandate Passed Last Night |
| July 12, 2007 |
New Study Exposes California Industries with Lowest Worker Health Coverage-- Restaurant and Hotel at the Bottom at 20% |
| July 09, 2007 |
"Sicko" in California and the Nation: Universal Healthcare Advocates Make Sure the Message Gets Across |
| July 05, 2007 |
ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE PASSES SB 840 AND OTHER MEASURES |
| July 04, 2007 |
A California Health Care Advocate's Take on Sicko |
| June 28, 2007 |
HIGH DEDUCTIBLES WOULD WIPE OUT MANY MIDDLE-CLASS CALIFORNIANS |
| June 22, 2007 |
Lesson for Centrist Democrats' Reaction to 'Sicko' Movie: The Insurance Industry Will Oppose You No Matter What You Do |
| June 22, 2007 |
Analysis and Background on New Combined California Health Care Bill |
| June 22, 2007 |
Healthcare Industry’s Massive Spending in Presidential Campaigns Tells A Lot About What They are Doing in California on State Reforms |
| June 22, 2007 |
Another View on the California Democrats' United Health Care Plan: No Individual Mandates |
| June 21, 2007 |
The Play: Mega Health Care Bill for California Lined Up as Leaders of State Senate and Assembly Combine Provisions into AB 8 |
| June 14, 2007 |
The Politics of SiCKO: How It Fits in What is Happening in California |
| June 13, 2007 |
A Thumbs Up in Rubber Gloves Review of Michael Moore's New Documenatary Film "Sicko" |
| June 12, 2007 |
Michael Moore and “Sicko” Take Sacramento By Storm: Powerful Testimony and Press Conference Before Film Is Even Shown |
| June 12, 2007 |
Dozens of Health-related Bills Pass Full California Assembly and Senate, Head to Second House |
| June 11, 2007 |
YOU BETCH’YER HEALTH IN THE GOLDEN STATE |
| June 08, 2007 |
LEGISLATION TO MAKE HEALTH INSURANCE MORE AFFORDABLE PASSES ASSEMBLY DESPITE STRONG OPPOSITION FROM INSURANCE INDUSTRY |
| June 07, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger to Get Two Health Care Bills--Democratic Leaders of Senate and Assembly Announce They Will Meld Their Bills into One—Nunez Vows Kuehl Bill Will Also Go to Gov |
| June 06, 2007 |
The Debate on Senator Kuehl’s Universal Health Care Plan Which Passed California Senate Today |
| June 06, 2007 |
We Can’t Let Them Rewrite History to Defeat AB 1554--Health Care Rate Regulation--on Eve of Assembly Vote |
| June 03, 2007 |
Health Insurer Cost Curb Takes Major Step in California Legislature--Vote This Week on Assembly Floor |
| June 01, 2007 |
Michael Moore's Documentary "Sicko" Premiers in Sacramento as Filmmaker Makes a House Call at the Capitol to Boost Single Payer Health Care Reform |
| May 28, 2007 |
What California Health Care Reform is BlueCross afraid of? |
| May 27, 2007 |
Scientists Warn Exposure to Common Chemicals Cause Health Problems for Babies Later in Life: What This Means for California on Health and Environmental Policies |
| May 24, 2007 |
"Unintended Consequences" of Blue Cross $2 Million Ad Campaign Against California Health Insurance Legislation |
| May 16, 2007 |
Democrats Put the Money on the Table: New Numbers for Nunez and Perata Health Reform Plans |
| May 16, 2007 |
California Needs to Regulate Health Insurance Rates and Practices--Just as We Did With Auto Insurance 15 Years Ago |
| May 15, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger’s Budget Does Not Expand Eligibility in Any Health programs; Assembly Passes Ban on Retrospective Health Insurance Cancellation |
| May 12, 2007 |
Nunez Sees New Business Coalition as Tipping Point in Moving Forward on California Health Care Reform |
| May 11, 2007 |
Why Schwarzenegger's Health Care Plan is a Trojan Horse |
| May 11, 2007 |
Wonderful Photo Opportunity, Little Specificity from CEOs of Major California Corporations on Health Care, Where's the Beef? |
| May 09, 2007 |
Sheila Kuehl's "Medicare for All" Bill Draws Thousands to California State Capitol |
| May 08, 2007 |
Ask the Governor and Legislative Leadership to Stand Up to the Health Insurance Industry and Stop Abuses That Harm Californians |
| May 08, 2007 |
"Malefactors of Great Wealth" |
| May 06, 2007 |
Is Schwarzenegger Opposed to Medicare? |
| April 26, 2007 |
The Other Shoe Drops: Perata's Health Reform Bill Clears Committee |
| April 25, 2007 |
California Assembly Committee Approves Speaker's "Near Universal" Health Care Bill and Laird's Bill to Cover All Children |
| April 25, 2007 |
SUPER TUESDAY: ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS 37 BILLS; PASSES SPEAKER'S HEALTH REFORM BILL |
| April 24, 2007 |
California Health Reform Bills Would Expand Children’s Coverage, But Shrink From Comprehensive Reform of Industry |
| April 19, 2007 |
Kuehl's "Medicare for All Californians" Passes Senate Health Committee Before Standing Room Only Crowd |
| April 18, 2007 |
Prior Approval of Health Insurance Premium Increases Legislation Passes Committee--First Time in California History |
| April 17, 2007 |
ACTIONS ON HEALTH CARE THIS WEEK IN CALIFORNIA: RALLIES, HEARINGS, AND CALLS |
| April 12, 2007 |
CALIFORNIA HEALTH REFORM DEBATE REVS UP TO HIGH GEAR |
| April 11, 2007 |
Californians Facing Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Increases in Sacramento Today Supporting Affordability Bill |
| April 08, 2007 |
The “Year of Health Care” – Reforms should serve consumers, not fatten insurance industry profits |
| March 28, 2007 |
CALIFORNIA SENATE BEGINS NITTY GRITTY WORK ON IMPLEMENTING HEALTH CARE LAWS |
| March 22, 2007 |
STUDY: ILLUSION OF HEALTH INSURANCE CAN FAIL TO PROTECT CALIFORNIANS |
| March 20, 2007 |
Massachusetts Health Law Not a Model for California |
| March 15, 2007 |
ASSEMBLY REPUBLICANS HEALTH PROPOSALS UNDERMINE MANDATES IN EXISTING CALIFORNIA LAW |
| March 14, 2007 |
Paying to be Uninsured--An Almost "Only in California Story" |
| March 14, 2007 |
California Republican Assemblymembers Healthcare Package DOA at Hospital This Morning |
| March 12, 2007 |
TIMELY ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE REGULATIONS MANDATED BY 2002 CALIFORNIA LAW STILL NOT ADOPTED |
| March 07, 2007 |
FEDERAL FUNDING FIGHT FOR CALIFORNIA'S CHILDREN HEALTH COVERAGE |
| March 07, 2007 |
Medication Errors Cost State $17.7 Billion and Cause Harm to 150,000 Californians Annually |
| March 04, 2007 |
"Year of Health Care Reform" in California Will Be Between Governor and Democrats in the Legislature |
| March 01, 2007 |
Nursing California Back to Health With SB 840, a Cure That Will Work |
| February 28, 2007 |
Senator Kuehl Tells Press She is Sure Her Universal Health Care Act Will Pass Intact and Be on the Governor's Desk This Year |
| February 28, 2007 |
In Her Own Words: Senator Kuehl on the Reintroduction of SB 840, "The California Universal Health Care Act." |
| February 28, 2007 |
HUNDREDS OVERFLOW CAPITOL HEARING ROOMS IN RE-LAUNCH OF UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE BILL--SB 840 |
| February 26, 2007 |
We Already Know How to Fix California's Health Care Crisis! |
| February 24, 2007 |
SHEILA KUEHL RE-INTRODUCES HEALTHCARE BILL WITH WIDE LEGISLATIVE SUPPORT--SAME BILL NUMBER--SB 840 |
| February 24, 2007 |
LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION EXAMINES CALIFORNIA HEALTH COVERAGE PROPOSALS |
| February 21, 2007 |
GOVERNOR'S HEALTH PLAN IN HOT SPOTLIGHT IN ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE HEARING |
| February 20, 2007 |
Guarantee Price and Quality of Health Coverage Before Requiring Californians to Buy |
| February 16, 2007 |
CALIFORNIA SENATE COMMITTEE REVIEWS GOVERNOR’S HEALTH PROPOSAL--QUESTIONS ABOUT AFFORDABIITY EMERGE--AND SO THE PROCESS BEGINS |
| February 15, 2007 |
HEARING TODAY ON SCHWARZENEGGER HEALTH PROPOSAL AS SACRAMENTO HEADS INTO BUSY CALENDAR ON MAJOR ISSUE OF THE YEAR |
| February 14, 2007 |
“The Year of Health Reform” in California Gets Another Boost From New Group |
| February 07, 2007 |
John Edwards Meets Arnold Schwarzenegger & Uses T Word |
| February 07, 2007 |
An Open Letter To The Democratic Leaders of the California Legislature for a Prop 103 Approach to Health Care Reform |
| February 06, 2007 |
Bush Budget Would Cut California Health Care |
| January 30, 2007 |
California Senate Republicans Offer Outline of Their "Health Care Plan" |
| January 25, 2007 |
Californians Support Universal Health Care, Cost Sharing Plan In State, and Single Payer at Least at the Federal Level: Interpreting the New PPIC Poll |
| January 24, 2007 |
President's Health Plan in State of the Union Address Would Gut California's HMO Patient Bill of Rights and is "Dead on Arrival" |
| January 24, 2007 |
While California Moves Forward, Bush Pushes Back on Health Care |
| January 24, 2007 |
Bush Health Ideas Would Help Too Few and Harm Middle Class--California Can Do Better |
| January 17, 2007 |
Medical Students Back at the Capitol En Masse in Support of Single Payer n California |
| January 16, 2007 |
The Reality and the Rhetoric of Governor Schwarzenegger's Health Proposal |
| January 11, 2007 |
White Coats Outside the Capitol on Night of the State of the State Address: Future Doctors Concerned About Health Care |
| January 11, 2007 |
Health Care in California: An Essay by Senator Sheila Kuehl |
| January 10, 2007 |
STEPS FORWARD AND BACKWARD IN GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED CHANGES IN HEALTHCARE |
| January 09, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger Proposal Spotlights Need for Health Reform But Places Risks and Burdens on Individuals |
| January 09, 2007 |
Schwarzenegger Health Care Plan a Mix of Good and Bad According to National Progressive Organization |
| January 09, 2007 |
California Nurses Describe Schwarzenegger Health Plan as "Fresh Coat of Paint on Collapsing House" |
| January 07, 2007 |
It's About Health Care, Stupid: The Frame in the California Debate |
| January 06, 2007 |
Health Care and Bipartisanship Are Themes of Speaker of the California Assembly in Weekly Democratic Radio Address |
| January 05, 2007 |
THE NEW YEAR IN CALIFORNIA STARTS QUICKLY ON HEALTH REFORM AS GOVERNOR'S HEALTH PLAN DETAILS BEGIN TO LEAK OUT |
| January 04, 2007 |
Startling Field Poll Results Just Released on California Healthcare--Part Two of Extensive Survey |
| January 03, 2007 |
New Field Poll Finds High Level of Concern About California's Health Care System--Strong Support for Government Action and Insuring as Many as Possible |
| December 30, 2006 |
Will Insurance Contributions Dictate California's Health Care Coverage Legislation in 2007? |
| December 29, 2006 |
2006 for California Health Consumers: Big Victories & Momentum for Major Reform |
| December 22, 2006 |
HOW HEALTH CARE INSURANCE PROPOSAL OF CALIFORNIA SPEAKER OF ASSEMBLY NUNEZ STACKS UP AGAINST OTHER PROPOSALS |
| December 21, 2006 |
A "Fair Share" Health Care Plan That Puts Children First |
| December 16, 2006 |
Perata Speaks of Expanding Health Care Coverage to All Working Californians in Democratic Radio Address |
| December 13, 2006 |
Perata's Health Care Plan: Preliminary Analysis From A Consumer Advocate |
| December 12, 2006 |
Perata Announces Comprehensive Health Care Plan--Speaker and Governor Issue Statements--California Stage Being Set for Big Deal in 2007 |
| December 06, 2006 |
HEALTH CARE IS BACK--AT THE TOP OF CALIFORNIA'S LIST: NEW LEGISLATORS, NEW BILLS |
| November 29, 2006 |
CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE DEBATE HEATS UP |
| November 28, 2006 |
Schwarzenegger Challenged to Make Health Care Affordable By Limiting HMO & Drug Company Profiteering |
| November 23, 2006 |
Californians: Give Thanks If You Have Health Insurance and Protect Others Who Do Not |
| November 21, 2006 |
HEALTH ACCESS: Expanded Blog for Expanded Debate on Health Reform |
| November 08, 2006 |
POST-ELECTION OUTLOOK ON HEALTH REFORM IN CALIFORNIA |
| October 02, 2006 |
KEY CALIFORNIA HEALTH BILLS SIGNED & VETOED IN 2006 |
| October 02, 2006 |
KEY CALIFORNIA HEALTH BILLS SIGNED & VETOED IN 2006 |
| September 30, 2006 |
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER JOHN GARAMENDI CALLS FOR REFORM OF STATE’S BROKEN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN WEEKLY RADIO ADDRESS |
| September 30, 2006 |
GOVERNOR SIGNS SB 1379 (PERATA-ORTIZ) TO CREATE NATION’S FIRST STATE BIOMONITORING PROGRAM |
| September 30, 2006 |
KEY CALIFORNIA BILL SIGNED TO PREVENT HOSPITAL OVERCHARGING |
| September 29, 2006 |
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR SIGNS LANDMARK PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT PLAN |
| September 29, 2006 |
KEY CALIFORNIA HEALTH BILLS STILL ON GOVERNOR'S DESK |
| September 23, 2006 |
Senator Kuehl's Statement on Schwarzenegger's Veto of Universal Health Care: Innacuracies of Veto Message Cited |
| September 22, 2006 |
MEDICARE PART D "DONUT HOLE" DAY IN CALIFORNIA: OVERSIGHT OF PART D PLANS URGED. LEGISLATION ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK FOR MORE STATE OVERSIGHT |
| September 21, 2006 |
SCHWARZENEGGER SIGNS AND VETOES HEALTH BILLS; MANY HEALTH STILL PENDING |
| September 14, 2006 |
Why We Will Get Universal Health Care in California and the Importance of What We Call it. |
| September 14, 2006 |
AS CONGRESS INVESTIGATES HOSPITAL OVERCHARGING, KEY BILL ON GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER'S DESK |
| September 12, 2006 |
NEW ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON HEALTH ISSUES ANNOUNCED FOR NEXT YEAR |
| September 07, 2006 |
CALPIRG Sees Good News, Bad News on California Health Bills |
| September 07, 2006 |
California’s Healthcare Crisis Calls for Real Leadership |
| September 06, 2006 |
Schwarzenegger Health Care Veto Laden With Insurance Industry/HMO Scare Tactics |
| September 06, 2006 |
A CALL TO ACTION ON REMAINING HEALTH LEGISLATION AFTER SCHWARZENEGGER VETO ANNOUNCEMENT |
| September 05, 2006 |
Schwarzenegger Announces Veto of Universal Health Care Bill, SB 840; Reaction by Senator Kuehl and Others Indicate Era of Good Feeling is Receding |
| September 02, 2006 |
2006 SESSION RECAP: HEALTH HIGHLIGHTS OF BILLS SENT TO GOVERNOR |
| September 01, 2006 |
CA LEGISLATURE PASSES LANDMARK HEALTH BILLS; |
| August 31, 2006 |
END OF SESSION COUNTDOWN: Major Health Bills Pass California Legislature, More to Come |
| August 31, 2006 |
CALIFORNIA POISED TO BE THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO ENACT BIOMONITORING PROGRAM |
| August 30, 2006 |
Prescription Drug Bill Passes California Senate, Report on All Health Care Bills with Two Days Left in Session, New Census Shows California Uninsured Rate Rising |
| August 28, 2006 |
California Assembly Passes Universal Health Care Insurance Bill on Party Line Vote |
| August 28, 2006 |
Real Health Care Reform Appears Headed to Governor—Plans Already Started on How to Get His Signature on Bill |
| August 28, 2006 |
FOUR DAYS LEFT TO PASS MAJOR REFORMS & PROTECTIONS FOR UNINSURED |
| August 18, 2006 |
California Universal Health Care, Prescription Discounts, Hospital Overcharging, and Other Health Bills Pass Committees and Head for Floor Votes |
| August 16, 2006 |
THE HOME STRETCH: California Health Consumer Legislation in Appropriations, on Floor |
| August 14, 2006 |
Major California Health Insurance Bill on the Cusp of Legislative Approval |
| August 10, 2006 |
Massive Rally on State Capitol Steps as California Legislature to Vote on Major Universal Health Insurance Bill This Month |
| August 07, 2006 |
SUMMER RECAP: CAMPAIGN SEASON BEGINS WITH HEALTH CARE FOCUS |
| July 25, 2006 |
Proposals by Schwarzenegger’s At “Health Care Summit” Influenced by Campaign Contributions Not Interest of Consumers |
| July 24, 2006 |
Debate on Health Care for All Gets Real in the United States and California |
| July 22, 2006 |
Thoughts From the Hospital About Universal Health Care: A Personal Story |
| July 21, 2006 |
California Can Show the Nation How to Do Health Care Right: SB 840 and Universal Coverage |
| July 19, 2006 |
Schwarzenegger’s Record of Vetoes and Blocking Healthcare Reform and His Election-Year “Summit” |
| July 18, 2006 |
HEALTH CARE IS HOT IN JULY: SUMMITS AND CONVENINGS |
| July 07, 2006 |
SCHWARZENEGGER BACKS DOWN ON UNIVERSAL COVERAGE |
| July 04, 2006 |
Health Care After Governor Signs 2006-2007 California State Budget |
| June 30, 2006 |
HOSPITAL OVERCHARGING LEGISLATION PASSES CALIFORNIA SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE |
| June 28, 2006 |
California Budget Passes: Important Health Items Not Included |
| June 27, 2006 |
CALIFORNIA BUDGET WRITERS NIX CHILDREN’S COVERAGE EXPANSION; Other Key Health Bills up This Week |
| June 22, 2006 |
BILL TO PROTECT CALIFORNIA CONSUMERS AGAINST HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLANS FAILS |
| June 08, 2006 |
A POST-PRIMARY LOOK AT THE PROSPECTS FOR HEALTH REFORM |
| June 01, 2006 |
INTENSE DEBATE IN CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY ON HEALTH MEASURES AT LEGISLATIVE DEADLINE |
| May 24, 2006 |
Making Universal Health Insurance a Reality for California’s Children |
| May 23, 2006 |
Fund Medicare Part D Co-pays for California’s Poorest Seniors and Disabled |
| May 18, 2006 |
HIGH DEDUCTIBLE PLAN PROTECTIONS HEADS TO ASSEMBLY FLOOR |
| May 16, 2006 |
Republican Legislators to Californians In Need of Medicare Drugs: “Let’s First See How Many of You Die Before We Help” |
| April 26, 2006 |
ASSEMBLY HEALTH COMMITTEE PASSES KEY CONSUMER BILLS |
| April 12, 2006 |
How Can California Afford Health Insurance for All? |
| April 04, 2006 |
Health Insurance Wars Ready to Break Out: Let the Facts Win Out |
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