Summary of health care bills before the California legislature (from Health Access)

Read the text of Senate Bill 810 (Large PDF, not recommended for slow connections)

Visit Senator Mark Leno’s web site about SB 810

Website of Health Care for All California

Website of CaliforniaOneCare.org

Website of California Healthcare Foundation

League of Women Voters website on California Health Care Reform

Three-Month Status Report from Health Access (PDF)
Californians begin to see effects of Federal reforms
Health-Access.org

Study: Nearly one-quarter of Californians are without health insurance
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, August 23, 2010

Study finds 6.8 million Californians without health insurance
California Healthcare Foundation, December 16, 2010

Latest News Coverage

California lawmakers take another crack at ‘single payer’ health care bill
Sacramento Bee, January 17, 2012

Survey shows California healthcare costs rising, benefits shrinking
Los Angeles Times, January 5, 2011

Counties consider public option as part of healthcare reform
Orange County says ‘no’; others still studying
HealthyCal blog, October 10, 2011

Gov. Brown acts to protect pregnant women and new mothers
News release from the Office of the Governor, October 6, 2011

California: the ultimate health care reform litmus test?
As leader, California is also first to encounter problems
Wonkblog at the Washington Post, September 21, 2011

California could pose problem for Obama’s healthcare reform
California, a model for healthcare reform, is seeking to impose some of the toughest limits on government-subsidized coverage. If approved, the limits could herald deep Medicaid cuts nationwide.
Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2011

The Public Option Lives!
Progressives didn’t get a national public option. But does a state-based public plan have a shot in California? (NOTE: AB 52, mentioned in the story, was withdrawn from consideration by the State Senate, so there is no momentum from it.) 
Mother Jones, August 31, 2011

Assembly Health Committee Approves Senator Hernandez’s Low-Cost Health Plan Legislation
California Majority Report, July 6, 2011

OPINION: Blue Shield’s PR Coup
The real reasons behind Blue Shield’s 2% profit pledge
Wendell Potter in The Huffington Post, June 9, 2011

Key Health Reform Passes the Halfway Mark Through the Legislature
California Progress Report, June 7, 2011

States Turn To Foundations To Help Pay Costs of Health Overhaul
Kaiser Health News, June 5, 2011

OPINION: Legislature should pass SB810
Tracy Emblem in North County Times, June 5, 2011

California DreamingNo other state better showcases the perils, or the promise, of health reform
The New Republic, June 4, 2011

Health plan revived
Democrats re-introduce single-payer care system
The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, May 23, 2011

New federal law doesn’t change Calif. health insurance debate
California Watch, May 23, 2011

Committee OKs bill giving state say in insurance rate hikes
California Watch, April 27, 2011

Lawmakers seek to strengthen, speed up health reform
Includes link to report by Health Access California
California Watch, March 23, 2011

Vermont Governor proposes single-payer health care
Ezra Klein blog in The Washington Post, February 10, 2011

Californians approve of healthcare reforms, fear effect of state cuts on services, new poll finds
Los Angeles Times L.A. Now blog, February 11, 2011

Poll finds disparities in how Californians view their health
HealthyCal blog, February 9, 2011

California ranks near bottom in kids’ health care
The San Francisco Chronicle, February 2, 2011

Blue Shield submits to rate hike delay in California
AP report in San Jose Mercury News, February 2, 2011

California leads nation in implementing health care reform
The Oakland Tribune, January 20, 2011

Blue Shield of California seeks rate hikes of as much as 59% for individuals
Insurer says the increases result from fast-rising healthcare costs and other expenses resulting from new healthcare laws. The move comes less than a year after Anthem Blue Cross tried and failed to raise rates as much as 39%.
Los Angeles Times, January 6, 2011

3.4 million Californians would get coverage through federal reform
HealthyCal blog, January 5, 2011

Six states to watch on health reform
California and Jerry Brown are on the list
Politico.com, January 3, 2011

Major health insurers in California to resume offering individual policies for children
The companies abruptly halted the sale of individual policies for kids in September rather than comply with provisions of the nation’s new healthcare law. A new state law forced them to change course.
Los Angeles Times, December 23, 2010

OPINION: Health-care law is here to stay
The San Diego Union-Tribune, December 12, 2010

California’s largest health plans are fined nearly $5 million
The seven companies failed to properly pay medical claims submitted by thousands of doctors and hospitals over the last three years, state insurance regulators say.
Los Angeles Times, November 30, 2010

Healthcare sector loses steam in California
Industry employment is growing nationwide, but hospitals in the state are cutting workers’ hours, reducing benefits and laying off staff.
Los Angeles Times, November 22, 2010

Employers in California and U.S. see increases in healthcare costs, new study says
Los Angeles Times Money & Company blog, November 17, 2010

California vs. Texas: The Jekyll and Hyde of health-care reform
Ezra Klein’s blog in The Washington Post, November 12, 2010

State’s first moves toward health overhaul may be thwarted by House GOP
May try to cut federal funds used to set up state exchange
The Sacramento Bee, November 11, 2010

EDITORIAL: Health changes: State must be pragmatic
The San Diego Union-Tribune, October 20, 2010

Schwarzenegger signs major health care bills
Action paves way for federal reforms
North County Times, October 1, 2010

EDITORIAL: Health exchange bills are deeply flawed
The San Diego Union-Tribune, September 17, 2010

Push to enroll uninsured kids in health coverage under way in California
The Sacramento Bee, September 5, 2010

California won’t block individual health care rate hikes
Blue Shield up by 18.2%; Anthem by 14%
The Sacramento Bee, August 26, 2010

California Legislature advances health care reform
Associated Press in North County Times, August 25, 2010

High-risk insurance pool to start coverage in September
HealthyCal blog, August 6, 2010

Schwarzenegger moves to implement health insurance rate review
Los Angeles Times, July 8, 2010

Senate passes bills to create high-risk pool
HealthyCal blog, June 28, 2010

Calif. takes steps to cover medically uninsured
The San Diego Union-Tribune, June 28, 2010

Health insurance regulation bill clears Assembly
HealthyCal blog, June 2, 2010

Field Poll: Majority of Californians back federal health care law
The Sacramento Bee, June 3, 2010

Health insurance rate hikes hitting CA small businesses
Los Angeles Times, May 28, 2010

Study: Health care reform a good deal for California, other states
San Jose Mercury News, May 27, 2010

California health insurance battle foreshadows national debate
California Watch, May 5, 2010

Governor vows to implement health care reforms
San Francisco Chronicle, April 30, 2010

Some States Find Burdens in New Rules on Health Care
(California could face up to $2.5 Billion in new costs)
The Washington Post, March 27, 2010

More health insurance oversight? Poizner says no
Contra Costa Times Politics blog, March 26, 2010

California panel wants say on health insurance rate hikes
Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2010

The health premium squeeze
HealthyCal.org, March 17, 2010

About 1 in 4 in California lack health insurance, a UCLA study finds
Los Angeles Times, March 16, 2010

Health reform is already here — in San Francisco (first of a series)
HealthyCal.org, March 7, 2010

Senator Pushes His Plan to Overhaul Health Care
The New York Times Bay Area Edition, February 26, 2010

Feinstein bill would limit health insurance rate hikes at fed level
The Hill, February 19, 2010

California insurer’s rate increases draw attention of federal government
Alec MacGillis in The Washington Post, February 8, 2010

California likely must forge own way on health, forum experts say
The Sacramento Bee, February 5, 2010

California Senate approves single-payer health care proposal despite governor’s veto pledge
The Los Angeles Times, January 28, 2010

SB 810: Democrats push for single-payer
Calitics.com, January 26, 2010

California is our best hope for single-payer
FireDogLake.com, January 24, 2010

California Democrats revive universal health plan
The New York Times, January 21, 2010

Federal health reform a tipping point, not the end game, by Sen. Mark Leno
California Progress Report, January 18, 2010