SFMS Applauds Governor Brown for Passage of End-of-Life Option Act The San Francisco Medical Society wishes to publicly thank Governor Jerry Brown for signing into law the End-of-Life Option Act (ABX2-15). His moving personal message conveys how difficult and controversial the issue of “physician-assisted dying” can be. October 7, 2015 Advocacy, News, SFMS Member ABX2-15, end-of-life, End-of-Life Option Act, physician assisted dying 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Public Funding of Family Planning Services; Asks Physicians Statewide for Support The SFMS delegation has submitted a resolution to the 2015 annual meeting of the California Medical Association (CMA) House of Delegates (HOD) asking for support for full funding of Planned Parenthood and Title X Family Planning Services. September 29, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member Title X, House of Delegates, Planned Parenthood, reproductive health 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS/CMA Defeats AB 533 SFMS and the California Medical Association have defeated a bill that would have drastically changed the current health care marketplace by allowing a massive transfer of negotiating power to the health plans at the expense of physicians. AB 533 was an attempt to shield patients from billing disputes between providers and health plans and would have required non-contracted physicians and dentists to accept Medicare rates as payment in full when performing services in a contracted or “in-network” facility. September 21, 2015 Advocacy, CMA AB 533, legislative advocacy 0 0 Comment Read More »
Legislative Alert: Urge Senator Leno to Oppose AB 533 CMA is urging all SFMS members to contact Senator Mark Leno to urge a NO vote on AB 533. September 4, 2015 Advocacy, CMA AB 533, health plan, legislative alert, network coverage 0 0 Comment Read More »
SFMS Champions Tobacco Regulation at August Lobby Day On August 26, 2015, three SFMS physician members joined over a hundred health care workers, and patient advocates at a daylong rally at the Capitol in Sacramento in support of the six tobacco control bills heard during the Special Extraordinary Session on Healthcare 2015 convened by Governor Brown. September 2, 2015 Advocacy, SFMS Member John Maa, Renee Fogelberg, Laura Davies, Save Lives California, SFMS advocacy, tobacco, tobacco tax 0 0 Comment Read More »
