Steep Cuts

Children’s and healthcare advocates estimated that nearly a million kids will be denied coverage through the enrollment freeze and disenrollments combined. They called the cuts “inexplicable,” “cruel” and “foolhardy” and worried about the lasting effect losing coverage for kids could have on educational development, emergency rooms and the economic pinch already being felt by families across the state.

“This is when the need is at its greatest for kids of have access to health insurance as more and more families are losing their insurance,” said Ted Lempert, President of Children Now. “An additional hit to Healthy Families is, quite frankly, a shameful act and certainly not how any struggling families would act toward their own kids.”

The Sacramento Bee, July 29, 2009

Coalition Fights for a Better Budget

June 27 − Taking a stand against the governor’s proposed budget cuts that call for sacrifices only from the weakest, Tulare County residents, workers and activists staged a mock funeral on Saturday to mourn the state’s health safety net on the brink of death. Read more View video

The Worst Prescription

The Worst Prescription for California’s Economy: Analyzing the Economic Impacts of Health and Human Service Cuts

Read the report from Health Access.

What is Invest in Tulare County?

 

IT’S ABOUT OUR HEALTH

Tulare County families are suffering from some of the highest rates of chronic diseases, and environmental conditions here only exacerbate the problem.

Moreover, an uncacceptable percentage of residents are uninsured and have few, if any, healthcare options.

IT’S ABOUT OUR FAMILIES

Many Tulare County children are covered by Healthy Families, Medi-Cal or another publicly funded health plan. But what about their parents? How will families survive if an uninsured mommy or daddy gets sick, or worse?

Bakersfield.com, June 16, 2009.

 

Invest in Tulare County is a coalition to improve our community and it starts with individuals like you.

It is a project of Service Employees International Union, Local 521 and we are urging others to join. We want to move real actions that will result in better healthcare options for Tulare County residents.
We’ve started this coalition to make life better in Tulare County. We choose to focus on solutions that will improve access to healthcare for everyone.

If you want to make a difference for Tulare County residents, join us!