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Big Business, Little Data

A growing number of Californians are being sent to ambulatory surgery centers for a wide variety of procedures, yet little is known about the care they deliver because reporting is not required.

And the Winner Is...

See how human-centered designers answered our challenge to encourage more people to complete advance directives and document their end-of-life wishes.

Ready or Not

Even with new federal resources to help, a study finds that communities with weaker safety-net systems are lagging in preparations for health reform.

Monday, June 18, 2012

Group Launches Campaign To Defeat Tax Hike Measure

A new coalition, called "Californians for Reforms and Jobs, not Taxes," has launched a campaign to defeat a compromise tax hike plan developed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D) and supporters of the "Millionaires Tax." Brown has warned that if the November ballot measure fails, billions of dollars in additional cuts to health and human services, education and other programs will be necessary.



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