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Big trouble ahead for Medicare
David Lazarus, The San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, February 12, 2006

Health insurance imploding
David Lazarus, The San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, October 19, 2005

Health plans dwindle in U.S.
Number of firms offering insurance drops as costs rise
Victoria Colliver, Staff Writer, The San Francisco Chronicle
Thursday, September 15, 2005

Starbucks CEO Decries Health Care Crisis
By MATTHEW DALY, Associated Press Writer, The San Francisco Chronicle
(09-14) 14:50 PDT WASHINGTON, (AP) --

State's health insurance needs intensive care
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, August 21, 2005

Report rips state health insurers
Commissioner fears low-income residents are priced out of system
By Rebecca Vesely, STAFF WRITER, Inside Bay Area
Article Last Updated: 08/04/2005 08:21:48 AM

California can lead on medical-care reform
Spyros Andreopoulos, San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, September 22, 2004

Seeking insurance solutions
David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle
Friday, May 14, 2004

Dems attack videos promoting Medicare law
Bush administration pays actors to pose as TV journalists
Robert Pear, New York Times
(article found in San Francisco Chronicle)
Monday, March 15, 2004

Labor conflicts point way to health-care reform
David Bacon, San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, March 9, 2004

Health care, the flashpoint
David Lazarus, LAZARUS AT LARGE, San Francisco Chronicle
Sunday, February 8, 2004

Healing the health care system
While helping people get well, health care comes at a significant cost to the environment.
By Douglas Fischer - STAFF WRITER, The Oakland Tribune
Article Last Updated: Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 3:56:52 AM PST

Health care is broken
David Lazarus, LAZARUS AT LARGE, San Francisco Chronicle
Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Time for single payer?
Ruth Rosen, San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, December 29, 2003

Health care costs continue double digit increase
Employees bearing more of the costs
Victoria Colliver, Chronicle Staff Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, December 8, 2003

Natividad staff reacts to measure's defeat
County Farm Bureau proposes quarter-cent tax hike, changes to Measure Q language
By JOE LIVERNOIS, Monterey Herald
Posted on Thu, Dec. 04, 2003

Poll finds anxiety on health care
Most would pay higher taxes for lower-cost drugs
Ceci Connolly, Claudia Deane, Washington Post
(Posted in The San Francisco Chronicle)
Monday, October 20, 2003

There must be a better way to fill health care void
Kate Scannell, The Oakland Tribune
Sunday, October 12, 2003

State No. 1 in lack of health coverage
More uninsured -- 6.4 million -- than any other state
Victoria Colliver, STAFF WRITER, San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, September 30, 2003

States forced to cut health coverage/Fiscal crises will make millions uninsured
Robin Toner, Robert Pear, New York Times (reposted in San Francisco Chronicle)
Monday, April 28, 2003

Yeast plant in Oakland will close
Neighbors have complained about smell, chemical releases
Janine DeFao, Chronicle Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 2, 2003

State health plans letting kids slide
Many out of programs in a year
Mark Martin, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Thursday, January 30, 2003

Alameda County Medical Center faces closures
Facilities may lose
By Donna Horowitz, STAFF WRITER, Oakland Tribune
Wednesday, January 29, 2003

PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE
Painful cuts
By Louis Freedberg - SFGate.com
Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Gaping holes in the health safety net
Shortage of beds and nurses threatens stressed system
James Sterngold, Chronicle Staff Writer, SFGate.com
Sunday, December 29, 2002

Bad News Gets Worse for Local Hospitals
Bush administration's proposed health care cutbacks spark protest.
By Chris Thompson, East Bay Express
September 12, 2001

Albertans remain positive about health care
Government of Alberta News Release
Edmonton, September 6, 2001

Area nurses to join rally at Capitol Thursday
By Jeffrey Obser, Daily Planet correspondent
September 5, 2001

California's next drought:
First it was energy, then water and now health care

By Spyros Andreopoulos, San Francisco Chronicle
August 29, 2001

Consider This Cure for What's Ailing Us
By John Balzar, LA Times
July 8, 2001

Now even the rich can't find a doctor
By Ron Adler, SF Gate
July 3, 2001

Emergency
San Francisco General Hospital was once a model for quality public health care. Now the doctors and nurses who keep the hospital running warn that it's on the verge of collapse. What's going on?
By Tali Woodward, SF Bay Guardian
April 25, 2001

The State of Health Insurance in California: Recent Trends, Future Prospects
By Brown ER, Ponce N and Rice T., The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
March 2001

The Canadian Cure
Canada's provinces established individual (health care) systems founded on equity, public administration and decentralized control.
By Daniel Kraker, New Rules Journal
Winter 2001

Physicians address Congress for a single payer health care system
By: Margot Smith, Vote Health