Resources for Health Care Quality
- FREE Prescription Drug Card program Print out as many cards as you need, and receive savings of up to 75% at more than 50,000 national and regional pharmacies. (http://www.californiarxcard.com)
- FREE MEDICAL CARE: Heathy Way LA is for low-income Los Angeles County residents, one of 47 counties participating in the state’s Bridge to Reform program. (http://www.ladhs.org/wps/portal/HWLA)
- ASSISTANCE: Health Consumer Alliance is a partnership of consumer assistance programs operated by community-based legal services organizations. “Our common mission is to help low-income people obtain essential health care.” (http://healthconsumer.org/)
- ASSISTANCE: Community Clinic Association of LA County (www.ccalac.org)
- ASSISTANCE: The Performing Artists’ Clinic is collaboration between The Actors Fund, MusiCares and Venice Family Clinic. Contact The Actors Fund at 323.933.9244 ext. 55 for information. (http://www.ahirc.org)
- PUBLIC POLICY: Every other industrialized nation has achieved universal health insurance. How do other countries do it? “National Health Insurance: Lessons From Abroad.” Century Foundation Press, 2/7/2008 (http://www.tcf.org/list.asp?type=PB&pubid=636)
- PUBLIC POLICY: OneCareNow is a grass roots campaign devoted to building a grassroots and netroots movement for universal health care in California. (http://californiaonecare.org/)
- PUBLIC POLICY: California Healthcare Foundation. http://www.chcf.org/topics/healthinsurance/
- PUBLIC POLICY: Statehealthfacts.org provides easy-to-use health data on all 50 states. http://www.statehealthfacts.org/
- PUBLIC POLICY: The Health Policy Institute is a multi-disciplinary group of faculty and staff dedicated to conducting research on key issues in health policy and health services research. (http://ihcrp.georgetown.edu)
- RATINGS for HMO and PPO insurance plans, medical groups and services. California Office of the Patient Advocate. (http://www.opa.ca.gov/report_card)
- RATINGS: Doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes. (http://www.healthgrades.com/)
- RATINGS: Find and compare hospitals near you. (http://www.calhospitalcompare.org/)
- GUIDE: Consumer Guide for Getting and Keeping Health Insurance in California. Published by Georgetown University’s Health Policy Institute. http://healthinsuranceinfo.net/getinsured/california/
- GUIDE: The California Patient’s Guide: Your Health Care Rights and Remedies (http://www.calpatientguide.org/index.html). By Consumer Watchdog.
- HEALTHCARE REFORM MYTHS: http://www.healthcarereformmyths.org
- STATE HEALTHCARE REFORM: http://www.healthcare.ca.gov/
- FEDERAL HEALTHCARE REFORM: http://healthcare.gov
- SURVIVAL: How to Survive a Stay in the Hospital. Article at medicinenet.com (http://tinyurl.com/2apwg2)
