The California Assembly Health Committee voted 19-0 in support of SB 694, authorizing a study to test new workforce models with the goal of increasing access to dental care for California's children. In a press statement, Wendy Lazarus praised this leadership. "This bi-partisan vote builds upon the positive Senate action earlier this year and brings children a step closer to having something to smile about."
Dr. Bicuspid.com
The Assembly Health Committee in California has voted unanimously in support of bill SB 694, which would authorize a study to test new workforce models with the goal of increasing access to dental care for California's children.
Download the press clip (PDF).
KQED
Wendy Lazarus, co-president of The Children's Partnership, wants lawmakers to stick with their original plan, which would put 200,000 Healthy Families children into Medi-Cal as a test run.
"We believe that by putting added pressure on a very fragile Medi-Cal system right now,” says Lazarus, “that the plan will endanger access to care for as many as 4.5 million kids - so the Healthy Families kids and the children now in Medi-Cal.”
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."
Download article here.
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.
Los Angeles Times
"The proposed California study should look at treating children in schools, using technology to expand care and developing two- or three-year training programs for dental workers," said Jenny Kattlove, Director of Strategic Health Initiatives.
Download the full article here.
Say Ahhh! A Children's Health Policy Blog
Ginny Puddefoot, Director of Health IT Initiatives for Vulnerable Youth, blogs on ensuring that foster kids benefit from the ACA.
Calitics
Wendy Lazarus, Founder and Co-President, on a common-sense, alternative approach to the Healthy Families shift to Medi-Cal.
Download op-ed here.
Washington, DC, May 17, 2012 -- Ms. Morrow, Director, Health IT Initiatives, spoke before the Children's Health Care Caucus on uses of Electronic Information Exchange for Children in Foster Care.
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