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2008-07-09
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Sacramento hospitals lead the state in providing high-quality, cost-effective care | |
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2008-05-14
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CALPIRG Health Care Advocate Michael Russo testified today at a Department of Managed Care hearing in Irvine, calling for the enactment of new regulations to protect patients from balance billing. | |
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2008-03-28
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Report shows industry-set standards fail to protect patients. | |
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2008-01-28
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We are deeply disappointed in the lack of action by the Senate Health Committee today. The failure to vote for health care reform was in effect a vote for the status quo. | |
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2008-01-14
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Facing a projected $14 billion budget shortfall, California lawmakers are right to consider how the landmark health care reform bill, ABX1-1, will affect the deficit. But ABX1-1 brings in new money for health care that could not be used to plug the gap in the general fund, as well as limiting health care costs moving forward. | |
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2007-12-17
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CALPIRG applauds the Assembly’s passage today of the comprehensive health care reform bill, ABX1-1. | |
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2007-12-14
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With the Assembly convening on Monday and new amendments made to the health care reform bill, the pieces are in place for California’s leaders to close a deal on reforms that could greatly expand coverage, contain the surging costs of health care, and give consumers a fair shake when buying insurance.
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2007-11-09
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CALPIRG recently conducted an email survey of 575 of our members, to find out what kind of health care reforms are most important to them, and gather their stories about the health care system. | |