The statewide health care consumer advocacy coalition, working for over 20 years for quality, affordable health care for all Californians!
The lead California organization for the Health Care for America Now! (HCAN) campaign.
The lead California organization for the Health Care for America Now! (HCAN) campaign.
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- Founded:
- 1987
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Fighting Budget CutsCreated last Wednesday
Town Hall with Congressman BecerraCreated about a week ago
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- Thank Nancy Pelosi for her lea...
NEW San Francisco Federal Building
Thursday, November 12 at 4:00pm - POSTPONED Health Care Reform T...
Clinica Romero
Saturday, October 31 at 2:00pm - Sacramento - Citizen Action Ag...
1121 L St., Sacramento, CA
Tuesday, October 6 at 12:00pm - San Diego - Citizen Action Aga...
3655 Nobel Dr., San Diego, CA
Tuesday, October 6 at 12:00pm - San Francisco - Citizen Action...
Justin Herman Plaza (1 Market St., ...
Tuesday, October 6 at 11:30am - Santa Ana - Citizen Action Aga...
3100 Lake Center Dr., Santa Ana, CA
Tuesday, October 6 at 11:30am - Los Angeles - Citizen Action A...
801 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA
Tuesday, October 6 at 11:00am - "Big Insurance: Sick of It!" R...
Anthem Blue Cross - 2 Embarcadero C...
Tuesday, September 22 at 11:30am - "Big Insurance: Sick of It!" R...
Anthem Blue Cross, 801 S. Figueroa ...
Tuesday, September 22 at 11:00am - Hrealth Reform Now: "Let's Get...
San Francisco City Hall - 1 Dr. Car...
Wednesday, September 2 at 5:00pm
Health Access California Health care costs less than you think... It actually saves money... http://www.slate.com/id/2236445/
The Congressional Budget Office changes its mind about the House health reform bill's cost. - By Tim
www.slate.com
On Nov. 20, when all eyes were on the Senate in anticipation of its vote to proceed with debate on health reform, a significant development in the House went largely unnoticed: The 10-year price tag for its bill dropped by $29 billion.
Senator Joe Lieberman's latest argument against the public health insurance option struck me strange:"This is a radical departure from the way we've responded to the market in America in the past," Lieberman said Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press." "We rely first on competition in our market economy...
www.kpbs.org
California lawmakers may to have to make more health care cuts to help the state cope with a projected $21 billion budget deficit. The Medi-Cal program is one source of potential savings, but it's off limits until 2011.
www.healthreform.gov
The Health Care Status Quo: Why California Needs Health Reform
Karen Barrett Soleimani No more 3rd World Country Healthcare!
www.tnr.com
Online edition of journal of politics and culture, with selected articles from print magazine.
Fresh from voting to begin debate on health reform, California Senator Dianne Feinstein was on NBC's Meet The Press this morning. (We tweeted her comments at @healthaccess on Twitter.)Earlier this year, Senator Feinstein’s comments on health reform were noncommittal and even skeptical. ...
Health Access California
On whether we should solve the budget crisis through cuts alone, rather than new revenues: "I don't think it's legally possible to make the level of cuts that are necessary (to balance the budget). It's certainly not morally possible, given what already has been cut."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cg
www.sfgate.com
Leaders at the Capitol will have about six months to resolve the new $20.7 billion deficit, and some believe the job will be tougher than the $62 billion budget hole they plugged earlier this year.
Pitango Jinjy
We stood for a healthier nation. We stood for patients' rights. Every Democratic senator stood together to move forward with historic health care reform. Your passion and persistence paid off.
But standing up is only the beginning of any journey. The path ahead is a long one.
While we stood for reform, Republicans simply... stood in the way. Every last one voted to block the Senate from even discussing the bill
Health Access California CA Senator Feinstein on Meet the Press: "Virtually every other developed country has a better system than we do... No developed country on Earth has a huge for-profit medical insurance that we have. 480% profit in 8 years." Argues for a public health insurance option, and rate regulation authority...
Health Access California CA Senator Dianne Feinstein will be on NBC's Meet the Press this Sunday, where #healthreform is likely to dominate the discussion. (RT @healthaccess)
Earlier tonight, the U.S. Senate voted on a "motion to proceed" to begin debate on a historic comprehensive health reform proposal, by a vote of 60-39...
Health Access California Thank you to CA Senators @Barbara_Boxer and Dianne Feinstein for moving the #healthreform bill forward. Debate to start after Thanksgiving.
Health Access California RT @fivethirtyeight For those of you doing something fun on Sat. night: HC bill clears procedural hurdle in Senate, 60-39.
