LWV Diablo Valley Health Care Issues Group

LWV Diablo Valley Health Care Issues Group

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A group of LWV Diablo Valley members interested in Health Care issues meet regularly to share questions and information. We invite you to join us! See below for related news, announcement and events.

For information about the League's positon on health care policy, suggested activites and other resources, see the LWV Healthcare Reform Toolkit. 

Committee Contact
Contact Name: 
Marian Shostrom
Contact Number: 
925-283-2235
League to which this content belongs: 
Diablo Valley

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News

A group of LWV Diablo Valley members interested in Health Care issues met on Zoom in early December to share questions and information. We hope to make this an ongoing program and invite you to join us.

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News

The Healthy California for All Commission held its first meeting on January 27 in Sacramento. The charge of the commission is to provide the Governor and Legislature with options and recommendations to advance progress toward achieving a health care delivery system that provides coverage and access to all Californians through a unified financing system, including, but not limited to, a single-payer financing system.

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Event Date: 
Jun 24 2020 05:00 pm to Jun 25 2020 04:45 pm
Event location: 

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LWV Diablo Valley is cosponsoring the LWVUS Convention caucus on healthcare at 5 pm PDT on June 24. You can join League members from around the country for this caucus on a key issue of our times -- healthcare -- from home!

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When it once again becomes possible to gather for discussion of policy issues, we would like to organize a discussion for LWVDV members who are interested in exploring health care policy.

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This commission, which replaces the Council on Health Care Delivery Systems, has just been passed by the Legislature and signed into law (SB 104, section 4). Its purpose is to develop “a plan for advancing progress toward achieving a health care delivery system for California that provides coverage and access through a unified financing system, including, but not limited to a single payer financing system, for all Californians.”

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Blog Post

Marian Shostrom, Health Care Item Co-Chair

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Event Date: 
Apr 18 2019 07:00 pm to Apr 19 2019 08:45 pm
Event location: 

Our Savior's Lutheran Church

Join us for a viewing of FIX IT, a 38-minute documentary that takes an in-depth look at our dysfunctional health care system, with panel discussion and Q&A.

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