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Resources

The Universal Health Care Work Group is developing recommendations to the Legislature on how to create, implement, maintain, and fund a universal health care system. The following are resources about health care reform, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and more.  

Title

Author/organization
A Path to Universal Coverage and Unified Health Care Financing in California Dr. Andrew Bindman, Marian Mulkey, and Dr. Richard Kronnick, University of California, San Francisco

From Incremental to Comprehensive Health Insurance Reform: How Various Reform Options Compare on Coverage and Costs

 Urban Institute Health Policy Center

Getting From There to Here

Atul Gawande
Measuring Performance on the Healthcare Access and Quality Index Global Burden of Disease Study 2016
Need for Health System Reform (1991 report) Washington Health Care Commission
Need for Health System Reform (1992 draft recommendations) Washington Health Care Commission
Reforming  the Finance and Payment System, chapter 4 (1990-92) Washington Health Care Commission
Reforming the Finance and Payment System, chapter 5 (1990-92) Washington Health Care Commission
The ACA Medicaid Expansion in Washington Urban Institute Health Policy Center
 
The Future of Care - Preserving the Patient-Physician Relationship John Noseworthy, M.D.