Membership
| Committee Members | District |
|---|---|
| Dr. Joaquin Arambula (Chair) | Dem - 31 |
| Jim Wood (Chair) | Dem - 02 |
| Autumn Burke | Dem - 62 |
| David Chiu | Dem - 17 |
| Laura Friedman | Dem - 43 |
| Tom Lackey | Rep- 36 |
| Marie Waldron | Rep- 75 |
2017-2018 Hearings
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
Informational Hearing
Subject: Options for Universal Coverage
State Capitol, Room 4202
10:00 a.m.
- Agenda 02/07/2018 [pdf]
- Michael Lighty, Director of Public Policy, California Nurses Association [pdf]
- Robert Pollin, PhD, Professor of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst [pdf]
- Dale Fountain, Chairperson/CEO, Enact Universal Healthcare for CA, Inc. [pdf]
- Stephen Tarzynski MD, MPH, FAAP, President, California Physicians Alliance [pdf]
- Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California and Betsy Estudillo, Senior Policy Manager, Health & Public Benefits, California Immigrant Policy Center [pdf]
- Sara Flocks, Policy Coordinator, California Labor Federation [pdf]
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
Informational Hearing
Subject: Implementation Considerations for Universal Coverage
State Capitol, Room 4202, Sacramento, CA
2:00 p.m. or Upon Adjournment of Session
- Agenda 02/05/18 [pdf]
- Panelist Biographies 02/05/18 [pdf]
- Susan Philip, Senior Healthcare Management Consultant, Milliman [pdf]
- Juliette Cubanski, PhD, Associate Director, Program on Medicare Policy, Kaiser Family Foundation [pdf]
- Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Managing Director, Manatt Health [pdf]
- Ann Marie Marciarille, Professor of Law, University of Missouri – Kansas City [pdf]
- Scott Graves, Director of Research, California Budget & Policy Center [pdf]
- Ben Johnson, Fiscal & Policy Analyst / Ryan Miller, Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst’s Office [pdf]
JANUARY 17, 2018
Informational Hearing
Subject: Achieving Better Access and Greater Value in California's Health Care System
State Capitol, Room 4202, Sacramento, CA
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
- Agenda 01/17/18 [pdf]
- Panelist Biographies 01/17/18 [pdf]
- Center on Health Insurance Reforms - Sabrina Corlette, J.D., Georgetown University [pdf]
- Medi-Cal Enrollees' Access to Care - Chris Perrone, Director, Improving Access [pdf]
- The Cost of Administering Health Care - Larry Levitt, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation [pdf]
- Our Fragmented Health Care System - Larry Levitt, Senior Vice President, Kaiser Family Foundation [pdf]
- Access to Physicians in California - Janet Coffman, MA, MPP, PhD, University of California, San Francisco [pdf]
- Price Variations and Consolidation - Laurence Baker, PhD, Stanford University [pdf]
- Coverage Churn in California - John A. Graves, Ph.D, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine [pdf]
- Variation in Provider Payment by Public and Private Payers - Erin Trish, PhD, Universit of Southern California [pdf]
- Hearing Video
DECEMBER 11, 2017
Informational Hearing
Subject: Universal Coverage and Cost Containment Efforts in the United States
Ronald Reagan State Office Building Auditorium
300 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA
9:00 a.m.
- Agenda 12/11/17 [pdf]
- Panelist Biographies 12/11/17 [pdf]
- Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act - Heather Howard, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs [pdf]
- State Efforts to Achieve Universal Health Coverage - Heather Howard, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs [pdf]
- Universal Access to Care: Lessons from San Francisco: Testimony to the Assembly Select Committee on Health Care Delivery Systems and Universal Coverage - Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Labor Center [pdf]
- What is Driving the Growth in Health Care Costs and What Can Be Done About It? - Larry Levitt, Kaiser Family Foundation [pdf]
- "Medicaid Buy-In" - Manatt Health [pdf]
- Massachusetts and its Approach To Health Care Cost Containment Since Its Passage of its 2012 Law—Chapter 224 - Paul A. Hattis MD, JD, MPH Tufts University Medical School [pdf]
- Massachusetts Health Insurance Coverage of its Residents - Paul A. Hattis MD, JD, MPH Tufts University Medical School [pdf]
- A New Hospital's Payment Model: Maryland's Global Budgeting System - Sule Calikoglu Gerovich, PhD, Mathematica Policy Research [pdf]
- Hearing Video
OCTOBER 23-24, 2017
Informational Hearing
Subject: Healthcare Delivery Systems in California and Other Countries
State Capitol, Room 4202, Sacramento, CA
California's Current System
- Overview - Deborah Kelch, Executive Director, Insure the Uninsured Project (ITUP) [pdf]
- Public Programs - Medicaid /Medi-Cal & Medicare - Edwin Park, Vice President for Health Policy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities [pdf]
- Individual Market - Deborah Kelch, Executive Director, ITUP [pdf]
- Employer-based coverage - Ken Jacobs, Chair, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education [pdf]
- Safety Net Programs - Elia Gallardo, Director of Health Policy Research, ITUP [pdf]
Current Gaps in Coverage
- Laurel Lucia, Director, Health Care Program, UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research & Education [pdf]