Oakland, CA – Today, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, which guaranteed federal constitutional protections to access safe abortion care. This decision will have far reaching detrimental effects across the country, disproportionately impacting communities of color and those experiencing financial hardships. The ruling will also lead to a confusing and contradictory web of state-based
The California Health Care Safety Net Institute (SNI), CAPH’s partner, recently launched a new initiative to advance public health care systems’ efforts to dismantle racism and improve health equity. As major safety net providers in communities of color, California’s public health care systems have long focused on health equity.
Millions of people in California, many of whom face financial hardships and complex health issues, have been safeguarded, supported, and cared for by those working at public health care systems since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Our blog series, funded by the California Health Care Foundation, captures the remarkable stories of nurses, doctors, medical assistants, and community health workers at 10
On January 10, Governor Newsom released the 2022-23 State Budget proposal, which includes key investments for the Medi-Cal program and support for the health care workforce. The Administration also outlined an important process to strengthen public health care system financing.
The public health care system and academic medical center, which operates a 459-bed acute-care hospital serving a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, went beyond providing its patients with the ability to talk with their clinicians over phone and video at home or work to the next level of telehealth: remote patient monitoring.
Article by: Aisling Carroll Since the pandemic began, residents of Kern County have landed inside Kern Medical in non-stop numbers. And it’s not just due to contracting COVID-19, which has been consistently higher here than in other parts of the state. In a continuous cascade of cases, people are rushed to the hospital’s Trauma Center. They’ve crashed in motor vehicle
OAKLAND, CA, February 9, 2022 – Today, Assemblymember Luz Rivas (D-San Fernando Valley) introduced AB 1894, legislation that would create an important process to strengthen public health care system financing and ensure continued access to high quality, value-based care for more than 3.7 million patients served each year. AB 1894 is co-sponsored by the California Association of Public Hospitals and Health
OAKLAND, CA, January 10, 2022 – Today, Governor Newsom announced the FY 2022-2023 Budget proposal, which creates an important process to strengthen public health care system financing. Also included in the budget are key investments for the Medi-Cal program, funding to support COVID 19 response efforts, and support for the health care workforce. “California’s 21 public health care systems have
OAKLAND, CA, December 29, 2021 – Today, the State of California announced initial federal approval of a five-year Medicaid (Medi-Cal) Section 1115 waiver extension, part of a bigger package of proposals called CalAIM. Section 1115 waivers allow states to waive certain federal Medicaid rules so they can pursue innovative strategies to improve care for Medicaid beneficiaries. Though they represent just
Article by: Aisling Carroll Disaster service workers from the County of Santa Clara check a client’s temperature. Photo credit: County of Santa Clara Health System. For five years, David’s hammock was his home along San Jose’s Guadalupe River. He previously lived on a boat in the Berkeley Marina before his fibromyalgia and irritable bowel syndrome made him too sick to