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January 7, 2013 | Journal Article
In 2008 San Francisco implemented a pay-or-play employer mandate requiring city firms to provide health insurance coverage to employees. Their experience shows that such a mandate is feasible, increases access, and is acceptable to many employers.
July 6, 2011 | Issue Brief
In this paper, researchers address this question using a pay-or-play policy implemented in San Francisco in 2008 that requires employers to either provide health benefits or contribute to a public option health plan.
November 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A collaboration between researchers and community developers in San Francisco aims to study the health effects of affordable housing in low-income communities.
July 1, 2010 | Report
In 2006, San Francisco adopted major health reform, becoming the first city to implement a pay-or-play employer health spending mandate. It also created Healthy San Francisco, a "public option" to promote affordable universal access to care.
December 1, 2011 | Program Result Report
Community Oriented Correctional Health Services expanded its juvenile offender program to an additional site and negotiated for a third. The program connects juvenile offenders with health services during and after detention.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
This article examines the impact of various outreach strategies on enrollment of children in California public health insurance programs.
June 27, 2011 | Program Result Report
Fresh Ideas was a targeted solicitation for proposals that aimed to give immigrants and refugees the tools and support they need to improve and maintain their own health.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Investigation into subsidies for hospitals that provide a disproportionate share (DSH) of care to uninsured patients in California found that DSH subsidies do not effectively target the highest providers of care to the uninsured.
April 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
While the new Medicare drug benefit has helped alleviate concerns about prescription drug access for elderly and disabled Americans, many low-income, uninsured people under age 65 continue to rely on community safety nets to get needed medications. ...
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study's objective used community-partnered participatory research (CPPR) to measure collective efficacy and its role as a precursor of community engagement to improve depression care in the African American community of South Los Angeles.