Health Access Fact Sheets

State Budget

• California Budget Seeks To Limit Access to Health Care - Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed 2010-11 budget proposes a 6.3% cut to health and human services, on top of continuing cuts from previous years and despite increased demand. (May 19, 2010)
• MEDI-CAL BENEFITS: Proposed Budget Cuts - Governor Schwarzenegger's proposed 2010-11 budget proposes to eliminate a range of benefits for the over 3 million California adults (low-income parents, seniors, and people with disabilities) with Medi-Cal coverage. (May 6, 2010)
• A First Look at the 2010-11 Health Care Budget Proposal  (January 8, 2010)
• The 2009-10 Budget: Huge Hits to Health Care - A fact sheet summarizing a package of $2 billion in additional cuts to health care that revised the budget for fiscal year 2009-10, which began on July 1, 2009. (October 9, 2009)
• BUDGET DEAL UPDATE: What We Know About Health Care Cuts Today - While there are no publicly available documents as of this writing, this is our best summary of the proposed health care cuts, and their impacts. (July 21, 2009)
• Real Cuts, Real Pain: Vital Medi-Cal Benefits Eliminated for Over 2 Million Californians (June 30, 2009)
• Budget Update: Health Care Cuts in the Ongoing Budget Crisis - A fact sheet outlining the proposed cuts included in Governor Schwarzenegger's May revision of the 2009-10 state budget. (June 1, 2009)
• 2009 Budget Scorecard (January 9, 2009)
• 2008 Mid-Year Budget Cuts
• 2008 Budget Scorecard
• Economic Impact of Health Care Budget Cuts
• Analysis: 2008-09 Health Services Budget
• Vital Benefits on the Chopping Block

Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform

• Fulfilling the Promise: Implementing and Improving Health Reform in California - A list of health consumer bills currently in the California State Legislature that are intended to implement and improve certain provisions in the federal health reform law and prepare the state for other provisions contained in the law. (Updated - August 23, 2010)
• Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform: Creating a Fair & Transparent Exchange (April 20, 2010)
• Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform: Keeping Insurers Accountable (April 20, 2010)
• Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform: Ensuring Access for Individuals with Pre-Existing Conditions (April 20, 2010)
• Fulfilling the Promise of Health Reform: Expanding, Streamlining, Improving Public Coverage Programs (April 13, 2010)

Expanding Access to Health Care

• AB 1503 (Lieu) - Uninsured in California: Paying More Than What's Fair in the ER (Updated - August 13, 2010)
• Protecting Consumers From Medical Debt (August 2009)
• AB 786 (Jones) - Setting Standards for Individual Health Insurance (July 2009)
• AB 1521 (Jones) - Protecting Consumers Who Purchase Health Coverage through an Insurance Broker/Agent (June 2009)  
• Controlling Health Care Costs
• Future Of Employer-Based Care
• SB840 (Kuehl) The California Health Insurance Reliability Act Fact Sheet
• Behind the Push for High-Deductible Plans
• Reforming the Individual Insurance Market -- SB1522 (Steinberg)

California Health Care Reform

• Health Consumer Bills in the 2010 Legislative Session (Updated - July 13, 2010) 
• 2009 Pending Legislation Impacting California Health Care Consumers. (November 13, 2009)
• The Regulation of Discount Health Plans in California (July 2009)
• Five Reasons Why Californians Need Health Reform (June 25, 2009)
• FACES OF CALIFORNIA: Graduates Need Health Reform (June 8, 2009)
• Affordability and Benefit Provisions in California Health Care Reform Measures, 2003-2008 (February 4, 2009)
• Health Reform in California: The Need is Greater (Janaury 26, 2009)

Federal Health Care Reform

• Federal Health Reform: What Does it Mean for You, Your Family, and California - A PowerPoint presentation that explains the content of federal health care reform and how it will affect California. (Updated - April 10, 2010)
• What Does Health Reform Mean for the Coverage of California's Families? (March 26, 2010)
• California Consumer Protections At Risk If Out-of-State Insurers Allowed In (March 17, 2010)
• The Need for Federal Reform in California's Central Valley (March 11, 2010)
• Top Ten List of What We're Close to Winning in Health Reform (January 13, 2010)  
• National Health Reform and California: The Estimated State Impacts and Costs for Medi-Cal and Healthy Families (Updated - December 22, 2009)
• What Does H.R. 3962 Mean for the Coverage of California's Families - An analysis of HR 3962, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, and how it will affect Californians. (November 5, 2009)
• Comparing the Employer Requirements in the Congressional Health Proposals - Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. (October 26, 2009) 
• HEALTH REFORM: What is at Stake for California's Central Valley? (September 17, 2009)
• What Does H.R. 3200 Mean for the Coverage of California's Families - A preliminary analysis of HR 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, and how it will affect Californians. (August 12, 2009)
• Why the Central Coast Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why the Central Valley Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why the Inland Empire Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why Los Angeles Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why Orange County Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why Sacramento Upstate Needs Health Reform (May 2009) 
• Why San Diego Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why San Francisco Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Why the Silicon Valley Needs Health Reform (May 2009)
• Federal Developments in Health Reform (March 9, 2009)
• Health Reform Proposal Comparison: Obama, Baucus, and California (Febraury 4, 2009)

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