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11/14/2012

After National and State Elections, California Health Care Stakeholders Look to the Future

AudioAlex Briscoe of the Alameda County Health Care Services Agency, Vanessa Cajina of the Western Center on Law and Poverty, State Controller John Chiang, Joe Lee of LifeLong Medical Care and William Walker of Contra Costa Health Services spoke with California Healthline about what the recent elections mean for health policy in California.

09/12/2012

California Cities Gear Up To Vote on Ballot Initiatives To Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

AudioEl Monte Planning Commissioner Art Barrios, Chuck Finnie of the Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes, El Monte Mayor Andre Quintero and Richmond City Council member Jeff Ritterman spoke with California Healthline about local ballot measures that tax sugar-sweetened beverages.

01/18/2012

Newly Enacted State Legislation Looks Toward Implementation of Federal Health Reform Law

AudioJohn Arensmeyer of Small Business Majority, Diana Dooley of California's Health and Human Services Agency and Anthony Wright of Health Access spoke with California Healthline about California's efforts to prepare the state for changes under the federal health reform law.

07/13/2011

Foundations Provide Helping Hand as States Take Steps To Implement Health Reform Law

AudioRichard Figueroa of the California Endowment, Heather Howard of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, David Maxwell-Jolly of the California Health and Human Services Agency and Marian Mulkey of the California HealthCare Foundation spoke with California Healthline about how foundations are contributing to state health reform activities.

01/15/2010

Health Advocates, Legislators See Little To Like in Governor's Proposed Health Program Cuts

AudioCarla Kakutani of the California Academy of Family Physicians, Wendy Lazarus of the Children's Partnership, Assembly member Jim Nielsen and Senate President Pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg discussed the governor's plan.

11/19/2009

California's Safety Net Health Centers Seeing More Low-Income Patients, Less State Funding

AudioCarmela Castellano-Garcia of CPCA, Melissa Stafford Jones of CAPH and William Walker of Contra Costa Health Services spoke with California Healthline about growing strain on the state's safety net health care system.

10/23/2009

Recent Injunction Blocking In-Home Care Cuts Highlights Impact of Reducing Safety-Net Care

AudioMelinda Bird of Disability Rights California, Laura Dunn of UC-San Francisco and Joseph Hafkenschiel of the California Association for Health Services at Home spoke with California Healthline about the recent ruling.

09/17/2009

Cuts to Calif. Mental Health Care Could Leave Patients With Nowhere To Turn, Advocates Say

AudioJohn Buck of Turning Point Community Programs, Patricia Ryan of the California Mental Health Directors Association and Rusty Selix of the Mental Health Association in California discussed recent funding losses.

07/31/2009

Recent Calif. Budget Cuts Could Force Healthy Families To Disenroll Children From Program

AudioSen. Denise Ducheny, Assembly member Dave Jones, Elia Gallardo of the California Primary Care Association, First 5 spokesperson Bill Madison and Ginny Puddefoot of MRMIB discussed the cuts with California Healthline.

05/15/2009

Health Care Clinics Worry About Implications of Scheduled Elimination of Medi-Cal Benefits

AudioElia Gallardo of the California Primary Care Association, Roberto Juarez of Clinicas del Camino Real in Ventura County and Nadereh Pourat of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research discussed the cuts with California Healthline.

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