Founder Wendy Lazarus Encourages Leaders to Fight Elimination of Healthy Families

In this Capitol Weekly piece, Ms. Lazarus calls upon California leadership to protect California's kids. Opposing Governor Brown's plan to dismantle the Healthy Families plan, a "common sense, incremental approach" would ensure health care for nearly a million children.

Wendy Lazarus on Improving Dental Access for California Kids

Wendy Lazarus provides insight on the need for new strategies to provide dental care for children. In a Mercury news article, she explains how California can be an early adopter in the US of expanded workforce models that will increase access to dental care and prevent unnecessary treatment of dental problems in hospitals.

Kathleen Hamilton Testifies on Dental Care Access at California State Capitol

Sacramento, March 22, 2013 -- Ms. Hamilton, Director, Sacramento Governmental Affairs, released a press statement on her testimony in support of Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg's proposal to expand dental care access in Sacramento County.

The Children's Partnership Joins Amicus Brief Filed with the U.S. Supreme Court in Support of New Health Law's Medicaid Provisions

"For over four decades, states have relied on Medicaid to provide critical health care services to millions of families in need. The new health law's expansion and accompanying federal funding allows states to continue this tradition, and to positively impact the health of local communities for generations to come," said Wendy Lazarus.

The Children's Partnership joined a "friend of the court" (amicus) brief filed by the National Health Law Program with the U.S. Supreme Court supporting the Medicaid expansion provisions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in late March 2012.

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