Educating the public about the advantages of universal single payer health care is key to the 2004 single payer legislative campaign. Our health care system is complex and bewildering. It takes time to become fully informed on how to achieve universal health care at reasonable cost in California.

Legislative analysis is important to a solid understanding about the issues of healthcare financing and the different kinds of approaches to healthcare administration. We seek funds to cover this research. Please refer to the Studies page on this website.

HCA-CA Education Fund plans to hold organized public forums throughout the state, which would provide factual information related to the current state of health care coverage in California and which would prompt public discussion and input as to how to improve access to health care services for the population, many of whom are currently uninsured.

HCA-CA Education Fund conducts public speaking engagement to various organized community groups about health care access and affordability. We have trained volunteers to speak.

Media outreach efforts are also ongoing. We prepare and present Public Service Announcements on the radio and television and we write and publish editorial pieces in local newspapers.

In addition to our brochures, HCA will produce many one-page papers on topics about single payer. Some will be for general audiences and others will be for specific constituencies.

These papers, for example, can be distributed at house meetings and organization meetings. All of them will be posted here on our web site, where they can be read as well as printed.