3 Aug 2009 - National Health Care Reform Efforts Make A Small Breakthrough. On Thursday, July 30, AAFP Board Chair, Dr. Jim King, participated in the Senate Majority Leader's press conference to urge Congress to act on health care reform as soon as possible. In addition, he announced the release of a health care reform video (containing several CAFP members) which encourages viewers to contact congress and ask them to pass health care reform legislation.

10 Oct 2008 - UCLA IMG Program: An Innovative Program to Address Shortage of Bilingual/Bicultural Hispanic Family Physicians in CA [stfm.org]. "Hispanics represent 36% of California's 37 million people, yet only 4% of the physician workforce. According to the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (2005), 35% reside in designated underserved areas, almost twice as high as the rest of the population. To increase the number of bilingual physicians and improve access to care, the Department of Family Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA has developed an innovative program to supplement the more traditional pipeline programs to train more Hispanic physicians."

6 Oct 2008 - Critical Condition. PBS documentary featuring 2 UCLA patients and UCLA Dept of Medicine Professor and Chair, Patrick Dowling, MD, MPH and ortopedic surgeon, Nick Shamie, MD and CEO of Orthopaedic Hospital, Jim Luck, MD.

19 Sept 2008 - "Critical Condition" documentary on nation's health care crisis to be screened followed by panel discussion hosted by UCLA. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center Auditorium. Tuesday September 23, 2008 at 5:00 pm

What happens if you fall sick and are one of 47 million Americans without health insurance? A free screening of "Critical Condition," a documentary by Roger Weisberg that puts a human face on the nation's growing health care crisis, will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health and the UCLA Health System. "Critical Condition" captures the struggles of four critically ill Americans who discover that being uninsured can cost them their jobs, health, home, savings, and even their lives. The film is a production of Public Policy Productions in association with Thirteen/WNET New York and American Documentary | P.O.V.

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion hosted by the UCLA School of Public Health and the UCLA Health System.

Please RSVP at www.uclahealth.org/POV by September 22nd.