HEALTH ACCESS UPDATE
Friday, February 21, 2003
* ATTACHED is an updated calendar of events of interest to advocates of the uninsured. Below highlights a few events in the next week of particular note.
* KEY BUDGET HEARINGS: Next week, the legislature will conduct key budget hearings at the Capitol in Sacramento on the proposed cuts to Medi-Cal and other health care programs.
* On MONDAY, February 24th, the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services, chaired by Assemblywoman Chu, will have a 4:00pm hearing on the full range of proposed Medi-Cal cuts.
* On WEDNESDAY, February 26th, the Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health, Human Services, Labor and Veterans Affairs, chaired by Senator Chesbro, and the Senate Health Committee, chaired by Senator Ortiz, will have a 1:30pm informational hearing, with testimony from both state and federal witnesses.
* UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE TO BE UNVEILED: Also on Monday, February 24th, Senator Sheila Kuehl will announce her "Health Care for All Californians Act" at 11:00am in the Governor's Press Room at the Capitol in Sacramento. Health Access California supports the bill--which would establish a statewide "single-payer" universal health care system--as well as some of the other comprehensive reform approaches that will considered this year. Organizing meetings to support this important bill have been scheduled in various regions around the state.
* ATTACHED is the slightly-updated health care budget cuts scorecard. An excellent, comprehensive analysis of the cuts to health and human services--and their impacts--is available from the Senate Budget Committee, at: http://www.sen.ca.gov/ftp/SEN/COMMITTEE/STANDING/BFR/_home/SUBCOMMITTEES/03sub3over.pdf
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