TCP Joins CA Children's
Advocates in Letter to Protect Children in Healthy Families and
Medi-Cal
The Children's Partnership joins California Coverage Health
Initiatives, Children Now, United Way of California, PICO California,
Children's Defense Fund California, and American Academy of Pediatrics
California in a letter
sent to the the CA legislature on January 27th. The letter expresses
the coalition's serious concerns with the governor's budget proposal to
move 875,000 HFP children into Medi-cal, and recommends that critical
safeguards be put in place before transitioning children.
New Report Highlights Essential
Design Features for Modernized Enrollment System
A new white paper from The Children's Partnership, co-authored by
Dawn Horner and Beth Morrow, lays out the four design features necessary
to enroll and maintain coverage for nearly 4 million Californians newly
eligible for subsidized programs under health reform, in addition to
serving the over 8 million already receiving such coverage. The report,
"Building A Consumer-Driven Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal System:
Essential Design Features for Effective Health Reform in California,"
focuses on information and recommendations for California, however will
be relevant to decision makers in any state.
Download the full
report, executive
summary, and press
release.
Health Advocates Alarmed by
Dramatic Reductions Affecting Children in Governor's Budget
January 6, 2012 -- In response to Governor Brown's release of his
2012-13 budget proposal, a coalition of leading children's health
advocates in California expressed concern about the scope of proposed
cuts and fundamental changes to children's health care, and fear that
such a proposal could significantly jeopardize access to health care for
California children. Read
the full press release.
Read a statement
by Wendy Lazarus in response to the proposed 25.7% rate reduction to
the Healthy Families Program.
Read coverage of this story in the LA
Times article about the proposed budget.
Legislation Aims to Improve
Dental Health of California Children
SB 694 (Padilla) would authorize a study to test new workforce models
to increase access to dental care for California's children --
especially its most vulnerable children-- in places where there is no
other access to dental care. Learn
more.
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