Health Care Reform Background – State
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
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
Latest News Coverage
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