This week, the National Academy of Medicine released a paper entitled Public Health 3.0: A Call to Action for Public Health to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century. Authored by several leading public health scholars and former government officials, the paper makes the case for the Public Health 3.0 model in which leaders serve…
Read More »This month’s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Vital Signs publication reveals that after decades of decline, progress has slowed in preventing stroke deaths. In California, stroke death rates have reversed from decreasing to increasing. Additionally, national stroke death rates remain high or have increased for certain demographic groups, including African Americans and…
Read More »CHEAC Office Closed on Monday, September 4 CHEAC will be closed on Monday, September 4 in observance of the Labor Day. We will resume normal operations on Tuesday, September 5. Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend! Upcoming Deadlines Approaching As a reminder, CHEAC Annual Meeting hotel reservations must be made by Friday, September 8. …
Read More »With the legislative session quickly winding down, the Senate and Assembly had a busy week of finalizing committee activities and preparing for upcoming floor sessions. Today is the deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report all fiscal bills, and the last two weeks of the session will be floor session only. Notably, this week,…
Read More »Harris to Co-Sponsor “Medicare for All” Bill During a town hall event this week in Oakland, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris announced her intention to co-sponsor the single-payer “Medicare for All” bill that U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders will introduce in September. Stating that “it’s just the right thing to do,” Harris departed from the position of…
Read More »The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report this week of health insurance coverage estimates from the first quarter of the 2017 National Health Interview Survey. The results have indicated that 8.8 percent of the population—28.1 million Americans of all ages—were uninsured between January and March 2017. Prior to the Affordable…
Read More »The Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts, recently released a report entitled, 10 Policies to Prevent and Respond to Childhood Lead Exposure: An Assessment of the Risks Communities Face and Key Federal, State, and Local Solutions. The report explores and assesses implications of childhood lead…
Read More »This week, the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released its 14th annual report on The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America. The report found that U.S. adult obesity rates increased in four states, decreased in one state, and remained stable in the rest between 2015 and 2016….
Read More »On Thursday this week, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon announced the formation of the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage to develop plans for achieving universal health care in California. The select committee will be chaired by Assembly Members Dr. Joaquin Arambula and Dr. Jim Wood and will hold ongoing hearings…
Read More »After a month-long summer recess, the Legislature returned to Sacramento this week to power through the remaining four weeks of the first year of the legislative session. This week featured lengthy agendas in both the Senate and Assembly Appropriations Committees as next Friday is the deadline for fiscal committees to meet and report all fiscal…
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