Innovations in Health Reform Updates - The Children's Partnership

Coalition Letter to Governor Brown and CA Legislature on Healthy Families Elimination

The Children's Partnership joins a broad coalition in a statement urging the Legislature to vote "no" on Health Families elimination.

Terms:100% Campaign, California Coverage, CHIP/Healthy Families, Health Care/Reform, Letters of Support, Press Release

Last Ditch Effort to Block Plan to Dissolve Healthy Families

Mercury News

"Medi-Cal already faces serious challenges in providing access for 3.5 million kids served by it today, and it's straining to serve them well," said Wendy Lazarus, founder and co-president of The Children's Partnership, which outlined demands in a letter co-signed by 64 groups. "But by putting added pressure on a very fragile Medi-Cal system now, the plan will endanger access to care for as many as 4.5 million kids."

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Terms:California, California Coverage, CHIP/Healthy Families, Press Clips, Wendy Lazarus

Wendy Lazarus Calls Budget Deal on Healthy Families Program Reckless and Shortsighted

Santa Monica, CA, June 21, 2012 -- "The Governor and Legislative leaders have struck a short-sighted deal that unnecessarily puts the health of California children at risk," said Wendy Lazarus. "While we understand that hard budget choices had to be made, those choices should not fall on the backs of our children and their ability to get the care they need to stay healthy and succeed in life." Ms. Lazarus joins a broad coalition of advocates who supported an alternative to today's state budget deal. See this Capitol Weekly piece for The Children's Partnership full position on this issue.

Terms:California, California Coverage, Press Release, Wendy Lazarus