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July 04, 2009 The Black-White Fallacy of Public Option
July 03, 2009 Cuts Would Jeopardize Well-Being of Many Disabled Citizens
July 01, 2009 Patient Protest Marks First Cuts To Medi-Cal
July 01, 2009 Huge Health Care Cuts Hit Beginning Today
June 25, 2009 What Happens When the Last Resort Is Not Available
June 24, 2009 Advocacy by Amendment
June 21, 2009 New Report Shows Devastating Economic Impacts from Proposed HHS Cuts
June 18, 2009 40,000 People On IHSS Could Face Elimination Or Reduction Of Services By October
June 17, 2009 Health Cuts Are Bad But Could Have Been Far Worse
June 15, 2009 Critical Health Care Bills Still Pending
June 05, 2009 Office of AIDS Faces $80 Million Cut Amidst Increasing Need for Service
June 05, 2009 One Community Together – Not One Lifeboat For Some
June 04, 2009 California Lacks Serious Health Insurance Competition According To Report
June 03, 2009 Improving the complaint process in State Health Care Boards: Sexual Misconduct
May 29, 2009 Fighting Back on Disability Rights
May 27, 2009 Governor Will Cut Health and Other Services To the Bone
May 23, 2009 Nearly 2 Million Californians Could Lose Coverage Under Governor's Proposed Health Budget Cuts
May 23, 2009 Governor Socks It To the Needy While Pandering to Insurance Companies
May 21, 2009 Healthcare Situation is Bad and Getting Worse Without Needed Reform
May 19, 2009 Equity in Health Care
May 15, 2009 Governor Releases Proposed Budget Changes – Massive New Permanent Cuts Proposed
May 15, 2009 Governor's Revise Shows State Facing Huge Cuts to Health Benefits
May 14, 2009 AB 56 Would Require Health Insurance Cover Mammograms for Screening or Diagnostic Purposes
May 12, 2009 COBRA Bill Heads to the Governor
May 07, 2009 Cal-Cobra Premium Assistance Passes Senate Floor With Bipartisan Support
May 05, 2009 Update on In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Bills
April 30, 2009 A Stimulus for Better Health: Realizing the Vision for a Healthy California
April 30, 2009 Measures To Place New Oversight Over The Health Insurance Industry Clear Critical First Hurdle
April 29, 2009 Steinberg Announces New Senate Select Committee on Autism and Related Disorders
April 28, 2009 Assemblymember Jones Addresses Health Insurance Issues and Candidacy for Insurance Commissioner
April 27, 2009 Doctors Who Do Utilization Review Should Be Licensed In California
April 24, 2009 Budget Bites on Health Care
April 24, 2009 Over 2,000 March and Protest at State Capitol Against Cuts To Disabled, Mental Health, Seniors
April 20, 2009 Why We Need SB 810 in California
April 16, 2009 The Efforts To Deal with Under-Insurance
April 16, 2009 New California Single Payer Bill Passes First Hurdle
April 15, 2009 Key Health Measures Pass Assembly Health Committee
April 15, 2009 Advocates Fear More Major Cuts as State Revenues Continue To Fall
April 14, 2009 Los Angeles Times Front Page Story Hits IHSS Program
April 13, 2009 No Need for "Widespread" Panic: Homecare Providers Support Efforts to Stop Fraud
April 13, 2009 Leveling the Health Care Playing Field
April 10, 2009 Where Universal Health Care Stands
April 06, 2009 Medi-Cal Providers Win Again In Federal Court
April 04, 2009 Weekly Radio Address: Hayashi, Solorio Promote Bill to Prevent Head Trauma
April 02, 2009 Demand Real Health Care Reform - April 6, LA
April 02, 2009 Health Panel Approves Protections For Women Obtaining Mammograms
March 27, 2009 New Bill List: Urgency Legislation to Get Federal Funding Advances
March 26, 2009 Alarming Incidence of Denial of Health Care Coverage
March 25, 2009 Natural Resources Panel Gives Key Approval to Ban Smoking at State Beaches and Parks
March 19, 2009 Low-Income Single Moms Struggle to Survive in Recession with No Health Insurance
March 19, 2009 Bill To Aid Foster Youth Passes Out of Committee
March 17, 2009 Will California Pull the Trigger?
March 12, 2009 New Bill by Mark Leno Addresses Health Care Crisis
March 12, 2009 Medicare Advantage—Whose Advantage?
March 10, 2009 Reason Returns to the White House
March 04, 2009 Prop 1E Threatens Mental Health Services For Needy
March 02, 2009 Editorial: Vaccines And Autism: The Controversy And The Science
February 26, 2009 PPIC Report: Pro-Choice Views Prevail, But Californians Far From United on Abortion
February 25, 2009 Medicare for All Would Create 2.6 Million Jobs
February 25, 2009 Long-Term Costs for Paying Future State Retiree Health Benefits
February 24, 2009 Will Further Severe Spending Cuts Be Needed
February 24, 2009 Time to Nationalize Our Bankrupt Health Care System
February 20, 2009 California Needs to Insure Timely Access to Health Care
February 12, 2009 Health Insurance for Children: A Proposal
January 30, 2009 Home Care Cuts Would Make the Current Budget Crisis Even Worse
January 28, 2009 The Right to Timely Access to Health Care
January 28, 2009 Assemblymember Dave Jones Bill Bans Sex Discrimination in Health Insurance
January 28, 2009 Governor’s Mental Health Proposal Would Cause Irreparable Harm to Clients and Communities
January 26, 2009 A New Day In Health Access?
January 23, 2009 Budget Crisis Made Worse by Targeting Home Care
January 21, 2009 Federal Assistance Needed for California Health Care
January 20, 2009 Who Deserves An Organ Transplant And Who Should Decide?
January 15, 2009 Single Payer Promotes Economic Recovery as Well as Solving the Healthcare Nightmare
January 01, 2009 Year in Review: A Rough, Tough Year for Health Care
December 12, 2008 Budget Crisis Means Cuts To Vital Health Services For California
December 05, 2008 Insurance for Insurance
December 03, 2008 Can California Make Progress on Health Care in a Tough Year With New Committee Chairs in Sacramento?
December 03, 2008 Our Health Care Costs More and Treats Less
November 30, 2008 Californians Know from Last Year’s Health Debate to Read the Fine Print From Insurers
November 28, 2008 The National Health Team Coming Together Has Many Californians
November 20, 2008 Health Insurance Plans Should Cover Smoking Cessation Programs
November 20, 2008 California Congressional Caucus Showing Leadership—It Will Be Needed on Health Care
November 20, 2008 Cutting Off Kids for Christmas: California Considers Wait Listing Children for Healthy Families Coverage
October 28, 2008 The Links Between Health Care, the Economy, and Foreclosures
October 25, 2008 Health Care: Pressure From All Sides
October 20, 2008 “Rationing”--A Red Herring in the Health Care Debate in California and the Presidential Campaign
October 12, 2008 California Health Care Will Be Back in Many Ways With the New Year and a New Legislature
October 10, 2008 Under McCain Plan Over 2.4 Million Californians Would Lose On-the-Job Health Benefits
October 08, 2008 We Must Start Treating Health Care as a Right
October 05, 2008 Health Insurers Do Not Endanger California Patient Safety By Pressuring Doctors to Switch to Lower Cost Drugs
October 04, 2008 Next Let's Have a Bailout For Our Broken Health Care System
October 03, 2008 Governor’s Ill-Considered Veto Harms Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Students in California
October 03, 2008 Why the ERISA Ruling in San Francisco is a Big Deal for Health Care Reform
October 01, 2008 Bloodbath: Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoes Many Health Consumer Bills
October 01, 2008 An Urgent Message to Health Insurers From a California Doctor: In Medicine, One Size Does Not Fit All
September 30, 2008 Senator Sheila Kuehl on Schwarzenegger Vetoes of Health Bills—Universal Health Care, Rescission, Balance Billing—and the Absence of Reform
September 30, 2008 We'll Be At It Again Next Year: Some Good Health Bills Vetoed by Governor Schwarzenegger
September 28, 2008 Schwarzenegger Vetoes Bill Recommended By Autism Commission
September 23, 2008 Health Insurance and the Individual Market Makeover: Mend It, End It, or Both?
September 22, 2008 To Stop Deadly Hospital Infections in California Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to Sign Two Good Bills on His Desk
September 21, 2008 Values Judgments: $85 Billion for AIG--How About for Kids Coverage?
September 17, 2008 California Budget Passes Legislature--Gov Vows Veto--Override Likely: What Does It Mean for Health Care?
September 16, 2008 With the Stroke of a Pen and Signing AB 1894, Governor Schwarzenegger Can Turn California Into a National Leader--Making Routine HIV Testing a Standard Medical Practice
September 15, 2008 No Celebration for Health Care in California Budget Deal
September 12, 2008 Patients With Retroactively Cancelled Health Coverage When They Became Ill Urge Schwarzenegger to Keep His ‘State of the State’ Promise and to Sign AB 1945
September 11, 2008 An Open Letter to Governor Schwarzenegger Urging a Signature on Bill to Provide Health Care to All Californians—SB 840
September 07, 2008 Parity for Mental Health Treatment in California: AB 1887 Needs Governor’s Signature
September 07, 2008 California Healthcare, the Budget Crisis, and Another Chance to Get It Right
September 04, 2008 California Health Bills Heading to Governor's Desk Need Your Help
September 01, 2008 California Legislature Passes Historic Health Insurance Cancellation Bill
August 30, 2008 Without More Assembly Democrats Voting for Health Reform Bill SB 1522, It Will Die in the Last Days of the Legislative Session
August 27, 2008 Hope for High Risk Uninsured in California
August 22, 2008 While Steinberg Was Elected New California Senate Leader, Insurance Lobbyists Were Busy Trying to Kill His Health Bill in the Assembly
August 20, 2008 California Health Legislation Up For Final Votes
August 15, 2008 New Studies: Proposed Health Cuts Would Significantly Harm California's Economic Health
August 08, 2008 Bills Live and Die in Suspense: Update on Appropriations Votes on Health Bills in the California Legislature
August 05, 2008 Call Goes Out to California Legislators to Support Taxes to Prevent Health Cuts
August 05, 2008 We Can Help Californians With Disabilities Keep Their Jobs, Live Full Lives, and Avoid Hospital Stays By Passing SB 1198
July 18, 2008 Rising Costs and Universal Health Care in California
July 17, 2008 California Single Payer Health Bill—SB 840 (Kuehl)--Moves Again Towards Governor’s Desk
July 10, 2008 Children's Coverage Gets Cut By California Budget Conference Committee: More Than a Quarter-Million Kids to Lose Insurance
July 10, 2008 California Needs to Get Costs Under Control Without Cutting Health Care: Report Shows How Smarter Spending Can Rein in Rising Premiums
July 10, 2008 Why is Health Care for America Now Giving Up on Single Payer?
July 09, 2008 A National Launch with a California Twist: Unprecedented Campaign Launches to Win Health Reform
July 08, 2008 California’s Unique Role as “Health Care for America Now!” is Launched
July 07, 2008 Fighting Cancer for Women’s Health: A Historic Opportunity to Pass Legislation in California
June 29, 2008 Where Do Californians’ Health Dollars Go?
June 26, 2008 New Analysis Reveals Full Impact of Governor’s Health Cuts: One Million More Californians Would Lose Health Coverage
June 26, 2008 California Health Bills Pass to Require 85% of Premium to Go to Patient Care; Regulate Rescissions; Foster a Public Insurer; Discourage "Never Events," Encourage Hospital Community Benefits
June 26, 2008 California Health Cancellation Bill Now Includes Key Patient Protections and Should be Passed by State Senate
June 24, 2008 Paying More, Getting Less: How Much is the Sick Health Care System Costing You?
June 23, 2008 Discrimination in Individual Health Insurance Market Demonstrates Need for California Legislation and Calls into Question McCain’s Health Plan
June 20, 2008 Thousands of Californians Protest Health Insurance Lobbyists and Support Single Payer
June 19, 2008 California Health Reform Bills Closer to Governor’s Desk as They Pass Committees in Second House
June 16, 2008 LAO Confirms California Single Payer Reduces Health Care Spending, Contains Annual Growth
June 15, 2008 Taking Consumer Representation Seriously on Health Care Issues
June 13, 2008 Eyebrows Raised Over Former DNC Chair Terry McAuliffe Appearance as Paid Speaker at Health Insurance Convention in San Francisco Next Week
June 13, 2008 Public Disclosure of Hospital Safety and Quality Information Needed in California—We Need to Pass AB 2967
June 12, 2008 California Gets Failing Grade on Consumer Health Protections--New Spotlight on Pending Protections in Legislature
June 10, 2008 An Unhealthy Trend in Health Insurance and Also in the Individual Market
June 03, 2008 How to Stay Plugged in on Health Care
May 28, 2008 Key Health Bills Pass Floor Votes in California Legislature
May 25, 2008 The Fork in the Road in California’s Health Care Conversation: 2008 and Beyond
May 21, 2008 Landmark Law Allowing California to Negotiate Discounted Drugs May Be Defunded Before It Gets Started
May 18, 2008 Don't Forget Health Reform in the Context of California Budget Cuts and the May Revise
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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