LITTLE HOOVER COMMISSION
     AGENDA
    Public Hearing on Health Care
    Thursday, February 22, 2007
    State Capitol, Room 112
    Sacramento

    All written testimony submitted electronically is linked to the witnesses' names below.

    Public Hearing: 9 a.m.

    Panel - Components of Reform Proposals
     

    1. Peter Harbage, Senior Program Associate, Health Policy Program, New America Foundation
    2. Gerald F. Kominski, Associate Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
    3. Glenn Melnick, Professor and Blue Cross of California Chair in Health Care Finance; School of Policy, Planning and Development; University of Southern California
    1. Anthony Wright, Executive Director, Health Access California

      2. Additional materials submitted by Mr. Wright:
          Preliminary Analysis of Gov. Schwarzenegger's Health Care Proposal
          Recommendations on Access to Health Care
          Controlling Health Care Costs:  Phony Solutions and Real Answers


    Public comment will be taken at the end of the hearing.

    Public comment was provided by:

        Donna Fox, Regulatory Policy Specialist, California Nurses Association
            Additional materials submitted by Ms. Fox:
               2007 Federal Poverty Level

    Written testimony was submitted by:

        Mitchell Katz, Director of Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health

    Business Meeting Agenda

    (The Commission will consider agenda items I-VI at approximately noon.  The precise time will vary depending upon the testimony of witnesses and will be determined at the discretion of the chair.)
     
    1. Business Meeting Minutes from Nov. 16, 2006 and Jan. 25, 2007
    2. Little Hoover Commission 2005-2006 Biennial Report
    3. Schedule/Project Selection
    4. Subcommittee Reports
    5. Implementation Activity
    6. Reports from the Bureau of State Audits