Health Care Reform

L.A. Care supports the public plan option as part of health care reform.  We believe that a well-designed public plan would help health care reform efforts by "raising the bar" on quality, increase competition in the marketplace, and help all players remain honest.

Hear L.A. Care CEO Howard A. Kahn Speak About A Different Approach to the Public Option -- video clip

Video courtesy of NewsCertified.com.

Health Care Reform Resources

L.A. Care Concept Paper on a Regional Public Plan Option: A State-Designated Regional Health Consortium Public Plan Model (PDF)

Health Care Reform News Coverage

12.13.09: Los Angeles Times -- Veteran Health Adminstrator Backs Public Option

12.10.09: Payers & Providers -- How to Position the Public Option (see page 4)

10.4.09: Los Angeles Times -- Rehabilitating Healthcare: The Surgery Begins

9.11.09: Los Angeles Times -- Did Obama's Presidency Really Hang on One Speech?

9.8.09: Huffington Post -- The Public Option: The Third Way, not the Third Rail

8.23.09: Sacramento Bee -- Walter Zelman: Health Plan With No Public Option Isn't a Lost Cause

7.6.09: Los Angeles Times -- Covering the Uninsured: A Cost That Pays

Media Contact
Marissa Jimenez
(213) 694-1250 x.4389
Cell: (323) 496-2424
mjiminez@lacare.org