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At a time when one in four Americans are forgoing needed health care because they simply can’t afford to see their doctor or buy their prescription drugs, the Trump administration is making the situation worse.

It is waging war on some of our country’s most vulnerable people — children, the terminally ill, people with disabilities and the elderly — by urging the complete judicial repeal of the Affordable Care Act. Such an action would leave millions of families without health care coverage, their health care costs would increase exponentially, and our nation would erase hard-won protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

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This post has been archived and contains information that may be out of date.Twenty-five years after California adopted stringent requirements to keep hospitals operational after an earthquake, a 2019 report by the RAND Corporation suggests state lawmakers should consider policy alternatives that take into account the massive financial costs and reflect the way health care […]

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The California Hospital Association is the statewide leader representing the interests of hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers in California.  CHA includes nearly 400 hospital members and provides members with state and federal representation and advocacy in the legislative and regulatory arenas.

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Most will be surprised to learn that American Indians and Alaska Natives represent the only populations in the United States with a legal birthright to health care.[1] Even though Article 25 of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights declares, “everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including…medical care and necessary social services,” U.S. federal policy only guarantees this human right to enrolled tribal members. The source of this juridical entitlement is what the United States Supreme Court has defined as the federal trust responsibility.

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