Today, California took an important step towards making affordable health care more accessible. The budget deal announced this afternoon includes a $40 million investment in Medi-Cal to enable all low-income children, regardless of immigration status, to access comprehensive health coverage.…
Yesterday in Sacramento, Health Affairs (a leading journal of health policy and research), the Blue Shield of California Foundation, and the California HealthCare Foundation hosted an event,The California Medi-Cal Waiver: Perspectives on Promoting Health System Improvement in California. The event highlighted the opportunities…
This originally appeared on Climate Plan’s blog. CPEHN is a Climate Plan partner organization. It’s been exciting in Sacramento recently, as California, already a leader, keeps pushing ahead to fight climate change: Governor Jerry Brown signed an executive order requiring…
In recent years, public health advocates have ramped up efforts to highlight the health consequences of consuming soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages. Today, those efforts yielded some success as San Francisco supervisors approved an ordinance that requires advertisements for sugary…
Housing costs across the country, particularly in California, are rising at such a rate that many renters struggle on a monthly basis to afford somewhere to live. That is the primary finding from a sobering new report from the National…
Over 50 advocates joined CPEHN, the California Partnership, and the Community Clinic Association of San Bernardino today in Riverside for Focus on Equity: Communities of Color in a Post-ACA California. The event was a continuation of CPEHN’s Focus on Equity…
The coverage expansions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have dramatically reduced California’s uninsured population. Before the ACA, 6.5 million Californians lacked health insurance coverage. By 2019, that number will be cut in half, but there will still be between…
The California State Senate began its floor session today passing SB 4, the Health for All Act authored by Senator Ricardo Lara, on a bipartisan 28-11 vote. The vote marked a great step toward achieving access to health care for…
This post originally appeared on the California Budget & Policy Center’s “California Budget Bites” blog. With just two weeks remaining until the Legislature’s June 15 deadline for passing a budget bill, state policymakers are at odds over whether — and…
Your letters are needed to ensure consumers are informed of their right to language assistance in hospitals and to expand access to translated prescription labels. Please send in your letters of support for AB 389 (Chau) and AB 1073 (Ting). …