About

HealthVote.org

Since September 2004, the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF) and the Center for Governmental Studies (CGS) have worked together to create a non-partisan resource that voters and the media can use to track and evaluate health care-related ballot measures in California.

Propositions affecting health care have appeared often in recent California elections. In the last four years alone, voters have made decisions about tobacco taxes, children's hospitals, mental health care, prescription drugs, emergency services, parental notification, stem cell research, and health insurance.

With so many important decisions on the ballot, CGS and CHCF seek to clarify the issues. We offer information and unbiased analysis about each measure, an overview and analysis of California's ballot measure process, and articles about the progress of health ballot measures that voters have approved since 2004.

California HealthCare Foundation

The California HealthCare Foundation is an independent philanthropy committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California, and helping consumers make informed health care and coverage decisions. Formed in 1996, our goal is to ensure that all Californians have access to affordable, quality health care.

CHCF commissions research and analysis, publishes and disseminates information, convenes stakeholders, and funds development of programs and models aimed at improving the health care delivery and financing systems.

For more information, visit our Web site, www.chcf.org.

Center for Governmental Studies

The Center for Governmental Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan organization founded in 1983, creates innovative political and media solutions to help individuals participate more effectively in their communities and governments.

CGS uses research, advocacy, information technology and education to improve the fairness of governmental policies and processes, empower the underserved to participate more effectively in their communities, improve communication between voters and candidates for office, and help implement effective public policy reforms. One of the most successful and effective public interest organizations in the nation, CGS works to strengthen citizen participation in state and local governments by improving campaign finance, governance and civic engagement.

For more information, visit our Web site, www.cgs.org.