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CECHCR SUMMIT 2008
CECHCR held its First Annual Health Care Reform Summit in Sacramento on May 6, 2008.  Gov. Schwarzenegger was represented at the Summit and sent a strong letter of support to CECHCR. The Summit also featured an opening keynote address by Senator Darrell Steinberg, incoming President and Speaker Pro-Tem, and a luncheon speech by Lt. Governor John Garamendi. 

Uninsured paying $30B for healthcare
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (UPI)
Americans with no health insurance will spend about $30 billion out of pocket on medical care this year, a new study said Monday. READ MORE...

Doctors-Insurers Confrontation Heats Up 
July 13, 2008
By JASON ROBERSON / The Dallas Morning News
jroberson@dallasnews.com

Doctors complain of shrinking payments from health insurers, pointing to insurance companies' fat profits and seven-figure CEO salaries. Insurers say doctors provide uneven care, overtreat patients...READ MORE 
More Uninsured Are Among Ranks of the Employed
By E.B. SOLOMONT, Staff Reporter of the Sun | July 7, 2008

A 40-year-old talent scout in New York, Thomas Scott, said he accepted a job recently with the understanding that his employer would pay him a $150-a-month stipend to cover health insurance.  READ MORE
HealthVote.org Makes Sense of California Health Ballot Measures
July 2008

To help California voters and the media assess the health-related initiatives on statewide ballots, the California HealthCare Foundation and the Center for Governmental Studies collaborate to produce HealthVote.org.  READ MORE


New Wellness Study: Employees with Balanced Diets Have 10 Times More Energy;
Business Wire, June 30, 2008
ComPsych Corporation has released its 2008 Health & Productivity Index, a workplace wellness study which revealed only 5 percent of employees with unbalanced diets had high levels of energy, while 50 percent of workers with balanced diets had high e... READ MORE
 
 
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Training-of-Trainers September 17, 2008
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