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Please use the links provided
below as resource tools to learn more on our key issues
GENERAL PUBLIC POLICY
HEALTH
- 100% Campaign:
A collaborative effort to ensure that all California children have
health care coverage.
- Health Insurance for Children
During the past 40 years, public health insurance coverage for children
has evolved into an important national policy priority ... Health
Insurance for Children: Issues and Ideas highlights important facts
about SCHIP and Medicaid and presents options for policy-makers concerned
about low-income children lacking health coverage. Learn
More
- A Brief Overview of Publicly Funded Healthcare Programs
for Low-Income Families
Medi-Cal, jointly funded by the state and the federal Medicaid program,
is the main source of health care coverage for more than 5 million
Californians each year. Although some people associate Medi-Cal only
with welfare, more than half of the program's funds go towards services
for the elderly, disabled, and other populations.
READ MORE
- California's
Uninsured: A Visual Presentation provided by the California Healthcare
Foundation has a series of charts illustrating data on the uninsured
in the state (PDF document)
- UCLA Center for Health
Policy Research: Advances positive health policies through research,
public service, and education. Their annual California Health Interview
Survey updates information on the uninsured and access to healthcare
in the state
- Health Access: Grassroots
and public policy efforts for healthcare reform
- The California HealthCare Foundation:
An independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health
care is delivered and financed in California, and helping consumers
make informed health care and coverage decisions.
HOUSING
FOOD
- Community Food Security Coalition:
dedicated to building strong, sustainable, local and regional food
systems that ensure access to affordable, nutritious, and culturally
appropriate food for all people at all times.
CHILDREN'S ISSUES
- Children Now: Research
and action organization on behalf of children
LEGAL RESOURCES
IMMIGRANTS
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