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All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Hospitals

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Opinion: Cutting Emergency Services Fund Endangers EDs

Through the Maddy Emergency Medical Services Fund, "California's counties collect fines and reimburse emergency and on-call physicians and hospitals for treating the uninsured," Andrea Brault -- president of the California chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians and an emergency physician is Los Angeles County -- writes in a Sacramento Bee opinion piece. Brault adds, "If the state succeeds in cutting these funds, emergency rooms throughout the state could close their doors." She concludes, "By eliminating the Maddy Fund, the budget conference committee may be able to conserve $55 million for the general fund. But to what end?"



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