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Redefining the Safety Net

Should California establish a Basic Health Program for certain low-income residents? CHCF's Marian Mulkey captures a recent policy conversation in a Health Affairs blog.

Accountable Care in Action

A new post on the Health Affairs blog details how CalPERS kept costs down in Sacramento through a "virtual" ACO with insurers and providers.

Career Opportunity: Senior Program Officer

This position will play a major role in furthering the goals and objectives of the foundation's Better Chronic Disease Care program.

Prescription Drugs

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

AstraZeneca Donates $8K to Brown's Re-Election Campaign

Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca made an $8,000 contribution to Gov. Jerry Brown's (D) re-election campaign two days after he signed a bill (AB 499) to allow children ages 12 and older to obtain preventive treatment for sexually transmitted infections, including the vaccine against human papillomavirus, without parental consent. AstraZeneca has a financial interest in HPV vaccines, but the pharmaceutical firm maintains that the donation was unrelated to Brown's action on AB 499. Meanwhile, Brown's office said the contribution was unsolicited.



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