January 2022 Important health care bills being tracked by CAFP (no CAFP position has been taken): AB 1400 (Kalra) Guaranteed Health Care for All (universal single-payer);ACA 11 (Kalra) Taxes to fund single-payer health care coverage and cost control, by an excise tax, payroll taxes, and a State Personal Income CalCare Tax at specified rates. (This […] Read more
Executive Committee:President – Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MDPresident-Elect – Gregory Lewis, MDVice-President – Emma Hiscocks, MDSecretary-Treasurer – Jerry Abraham, MDAssistant Secretary Treasurer – Divya Shenoy, MD State Board of Directors (3-year terms):Directors:District III – Kevin Rossi, MDDistrict IV – Art Ohannessian, MD Alternate Directors:District III – Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MDDistrict IV – Felix Aguilar, MD Delegates to […] Read more
December 2, 2021Il Fornaio, Manhattan Beach; Tardino Brothers Italian Kitchen, Pasadena;The Front Yard, West Hollywood; Zoom with Grubhub The meeting was called to order by President, Monique George, MD. Thirty-four members were in attendance; all names are on record. Roxanne Kuns, Executive Director, was also present. Dr. George made a special acknowledgment of one of […] Read more
Take Two Monique George, MD President “Take two of these and call me in the morning.” In a bygone era, before terms like “health literacy” existed, how much did doctors explain their witchcraft and wizardry? Things have changed. Medicine has evolved and expectations are ever-expanding. Search terms like “health” and “treatment” each produce over 8 […] Read more
An Exemplary Role Model for Equitable Vaccine Distribution and Physician-led Advocacy Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged and changed the way we deliver and access healthcare and life-saving essential medicines including the COVID-19 vaccines. In certain circumstances, it has allowed physicians to step up to the plate and raise their voice […] Read more
October 2021 Wesley G. Bradford, MD, MPH, FAAFP Governor Newsom signed 12 CAFP-supported bills to increase health care access, protect reproductive health care providers and patients, support physician practices and residents, reduce racial disparity in maternal and infant mortality, and protect patients and providers at vaccination sites. (He vetoed the Street Medicine Act that would […] Read more
Executive Committee (1-year term) President: Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD President-Elect: Gregory Lewis, MD Vice-President: Emma Hiscocks, MD Secretary-Treasurer: Jerry Abraham, MD, MPH, CMQ Assistant Secretary-Treasurer: Divya Shenoy, MD State Board of Directors (3-year term) District III District IV Director: Kevin Rossi, MD Director: Art Ohannessian, MD Alternate Director: Po-Yin Samuel Huang, MD Alternate Director: […] Read more
