Health Access In the News
As one of the leaders in health policy reform in California, Health Access frequently contributes to the debate around health coverage, access to care, and budget impacts on health services. Below is a list of health policy news releases that Health Access has contributed to. If you have any specific questions about the content of these press articles, please contact Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access by email at awright@health-access.org or by phone at 916-442-2308.
2005 - 2004
June 17
State Weighs HMO Surveys - Los Angeles Times
June 13
Governor's Medicaid plan spurs hospital closure fears - Contra Costa Times
June 6
Job Based Health Care Drying Up, Study Reports
- The Daily Californian
June 3
Patients caught in cross-fire - Marin Independent Journal
June 2
Study: Fewer Workers Insured - Los Angeles Times
May 19
Calif. gov finds money, but not for human needs - People's Weekly World
May 5
Sutter advances expansion efforts despite revenue drop - The California Aggie
April 29
Private clinic offers health care alternative - The California Aggie
April 28
Report: State's uninsured near 16% - The San Francisco Chronicle
Deal on Cheaper Medicines Unravels - Los Angeles Times
April 9
Lobby group battling state - The Insider
February 17
Hospital sues aged woman - The Arizona Republic
February 16
Patient turn-away goes beyond the uninsured - The California Aggie
February 12
Job-based health plans declining - Financial Express
February 10
Mandatory health plans proposed - Los Angeles Daily News
February 9
UCDMC limits ER intake - The California Aggie
February 7
Job-based health plans declining - Sacramento Bee
January 25
Consumer groups aiming to put drug plans on ballot - Sacramento Bee
January 19
Proposal to reform Medi-Cal gets little fanfare - San Diego Union Tribune
January 18
Health care changes tweaked - Sacramento Bee
State's savings may cost seniors - The Californian.com
January 14
Officials defend planned Medi-Cal cuts - The California Aggie
January 13
Competition for care: New law forces hospital prices to be publicized - The California Aggie
January 12
State looks at more ways to require health coverage - Sacramento Bee
January 11
Schwarzenegger's Calif. Budget Curbs Costs - The Guardian (UK)
'Broken System' Budget Unveiled: Schwarzenegger keeps his promise not to raise taxes, but at the expense of healthcare, schools, transportation and welfare benefits - Los Angeles Times
Arnold's Budget Plan Trips Alarm. Health and education advocates, Democrats grimace at gov.'s steep cuts, proposed reforms - Oakland Tribune
'Get tough' Budget Unveiled: Governor urges cuts - and fiscal overhaul - Sacramento Bee
Governor's Budget Cuts, Borrows: Reductions proposed in programs for poor, elderly and disabled to close $9.1 billion gap - San Francisco Chronicle
State Workers, Elderly, Poor Bear Brunt of Cuts, Critics Say - San Diego Union Tribune
Plan Targets Social Services: Medi-Cal premiums, reduced welfare grants on the table - Sacramento Bee
Governor Proposes Monthly Medi-Cal premiums - Contra Costa Times
The California Budget: Medi-Cal - San Francisco Chronicle
Proposed budget ignites political storm: Governor terminates social, educational programs - San Mateo County Times
$112b budget raises no taxes: Governor's plan calls for program cuts, borrowing and a 4.2% spending increase - Fresno Bee
January 7
Summit Proposes Solutions for California's Working Families - Not For Profit Press Releases
Drug Savings Plan Directed at Low-income Californians - San Diego Union Tribune
State eyes drug plan for poor and uninsured: Prescription program would offer discounts from pharmaceutical companies, pharmacies - San Mateo County Times
Drug discount plan aimed at uninsured - Los Angeles Daily News
2004
December 31
HOT STORIES OF 2004, 2005 STORIES TO WATCH NOT COVERED: Middle-class Americans face life without health insurance - San Francisco Chronicle
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