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WELCOME to the official
ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH CARE COUNCIL web site!
 Health Care Matters, Summer 2010 now available
The Health Care Council, with a track record of 24 years as Orange County’s unique voice for access to improved health care, is striking out in a new direction – we are planning to be the County’s leading information source on local, state and federal health care issues which affect Orange County residents, with objective and reliable data available to the public. To do this, we need your help. Please join us, and help with your tax deductible contributions, so that we may continue to make objective and reliable information on health care issues available to the public.
Our Board of Directors has developed the following objectives for the coming year:
- Objective 1) Investigate and support Health Care Reform[1] (at all government levels) and determine how it affects Orange County residents.
- Objective 2) Collaborate with UCI School of Medicine (also other universities and colleges) to develop health policy analyses and public information.
- Objective 3) Meet with all elected officials to inform them of new directions and get feedback on what critical information they need.
- Objective 4) Advocate to increase financial support for Safety Net[2] providers--in order to improve access to care and quality of care.
- Objective 5) Draft concept papers to disseminate to stakeholders on critical areas of need, including children, older adults, persons with disabilities, women, the homeless, and other vulnerable populations using such indicators as the Prop. 10 report[3], OCHNA[4] and other sources to disseminate to stakeholders.
[1]Changes in regulation of Medicare, MediCal, Medical Services to the Indigent [MSI], health insurance carriers and access to and affordability of health care services.
[2]The Orange County 'Safety Net' includes Community Clinics, CalOptima [MediCal], the County Medical Services for the Indigent (MSI) program, and hospital emergency departments.
[3]Children and Family Commission of Orange County, "Child Health Outcomes and Indicators" report.
[4]Orange County Health Needs Assessment.
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If you have not already done so, won’t you please complete the application for membership or renewal of membership and send your tax deductible contribution to the Health Care Council to make sure that we can keep on advocating for a better health care system?
Health Care Council of Orange County
Meetings of the Board of Directors
Please mark your calendars:
Schedule of Meetings of the Board of Directors:
- Thursday, August 12, 2010
- Thursday, September 9, 2010
- Thursday, October 14, 2010
- Friday, November 12, 2010 (room is not available on Veterans Day)
- Thursday, December 9, 2010
Meetings take place at noon in the Executive Conference Room
At Rancho Santiago College Center
2323 North Broadway, Santa Ana |
The Health Care Council Board of Directors meets at noon on the above dates. This is an open meeting - any Orange County resident concerned about health care is welcome.
If you wish to attend, please call 714-558-0940. |
The Health Care Council of Orange County was founded in 1986 as the Health Care Task Force. Incorporated in 1994, the Council became a 501 (c)(3) non-profit public benefit corporation in October of 1996. The Council is a free-standing independent community based coalition of the organizations concerned about health care and is funded entirely by grants, service contracts and contributions.
The Health Care Council gratefully acknowledges a generous grant from Hoag Memorial Hospital, Presbyterian to provide for this web site.
COPYRIGHT © 2000-2008 Health Care Council of Orange County
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The mission of the health Care Council is to promote access to improved health care for all Orange County residents through unified efforts to identify and address areas of need through research, collaboration, education and advocacy. |
