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California Healthline Daily Edition

Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations

Friday, Jun 12 2009

Calif. Physicians Welcome Medicare Payment Bills

Physicians from 14 California counties and the California Medical Association voiced support for bills Rep. Sam FarrÂ (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) introduced Thursday that aim to address payment disparities among California counties.Â The legislation would not apply to physicians in other states.Â

"Bills Would Help Resolve Medicare Payment Disparities in CA, but Not Other States" (Clark, HealthLeaders Media, 6/11).

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From The California Health Care Foundation

Health Equity Racism in Academic Medicine

We cannot achieve health equity for Black patients without expanding the Black physician workforce, and the nation’s medical institutions are not achieving that goal.

Listening to Black Californians How the Health Care System Undermines Black Californians’ Pursuit of Good Health

CHCF commissioned a study that listens deeply to Black Californians talking about their experiences with racism and health care. This report summarizes in-depth interviews with 100 Black Californians and 18 focus groups, as well as a statewide survey of 3,325 adult Black Californians.

People Experiencing Homelessness The California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness

The study demonstrated that most people become homeless primarily because the cost of housing has become unsustainable. Many study participants said that experiencing homelessness worsened their health, including their mental health.

California Healthline is a service of the California Health Care Foundation produced by KFF Health News, an editorially independent program of the KFF.

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