Support California's Community Hospitals - Become an Advocate

Theresa Edison, California ER nurse, sees patients every day needing emergency care and is proud to be there when patients need help the most. However, ERs throughout CA are overcrowded with patients who have no regular physician and no insurance to cover the cost of care.

Become an advocate today and help keep health care services affordable and accessible for everyone.

Hospitals are working hard every day to keep emergency and other important health care service available to you and your family. Here’s how you can help protect those services today, tomorrow, and into the future.

Consumers and Patients
Consumers and patients can help reduce ER overcrowding and wait times by using primary care physicians and clinic services for non-emergency health care needs.

Hospital Leaders
While continuing to provide high quality health care services to those in need, hospitals need to continue to look for ways to more effectively manage rising health care costs.

Community Leaders
Working with local health care organizations, community leaders can help find cost-effective, innovative health care solutions that serve their communities and help address the needs of the growing uninsured population.

Policymakers
Policymakers are urged to fund Medi-Cal at the highest level available under federal law and ensure that health care programs and services designed for California’s most vulnerable citizens are not cut further.  More Californians must not be put at risk.