The "No On 46" campaign has begun releasing campaign videos and advertisements on the radio in both English and Spanish, such as "The Truth about Proposition 46," which features real practicing physicians and medical students from California discussing the costs and potential devastating effects that the passage of Prop. 46 would have on patients and the state's overall health care system.

Please support the "No on 46" Campaign, the broad coalition working to defeat the trial lawyers' MICRA reform initiative (Proposition 46). Myriad health providers, education groups, business organizations, labor unions, workers, and community clinics have announced their opposition to Proposition 46.

Of the six measures (Propositions 43-48) that have qualified for the upcoming November ballot, two of them are health-related.

The bill would have required a warning label on all sugary drinks sold in California.

The CTA is the largest statewide teacher organization.

If the reimbursement rate cuts are not restored, California will have a difficult time balancing the budget and will harm its poorest and most vulnerable patients.

California legislators are considering SB 1159, which would grant medically trained undocumented immigrants the right to practice health care in the state.

SB 1005 by Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens), was recently put on hold by the Senate Committee on Appropriations.

Senate Committee on Appropriations passed SB 1000 (Monning, D-Carmel), which would require warning labels on all sweetened beverages sold in California.

On May 15, the trial attorney-led initiative seeking to raise the non-economic damages cap of California’s Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) officially qualified for the upcoming November ballot. The initiative will be assigned a proposition number in early July.