New report on farmworkers and health reform

[Guest guest]

A new

report on farmworkers and health reform was released recently at a legislative

briefing in Sacramento, California. The report – “Health Care for

California’s Farmworkers: Consensus Report of Local Agriculture and Labor

Representatives” is the product of 18 months of dialogues in three major agricultural

areas in California on health care and coverage issues facing the agricultural

workforce. With all the activity on national health reform, it is important to

ensure that the reform proposals benefit the agricultural workforce which is

largely composed of low-income, immigrant workers who work for multiple

employers on a seasonal, part-time and migrant basis. The discussions in the

San Joaquin Valley, Salinas Valley and Ventura brought together a diverse array

of stakeholders to review the needs of the agricultural workforce and their

employers and examine how health reform proposals would affect the industry.

The

full report, funded by The California Endowment, is available at:

http://www.diringerassociates.com/Health%20Care%20for%20Farmworkers%20-8-20%20%20final.pdf.

For

further information, please contact:

Diringer, JD, MPH

Diringer and Associates

P.O. Box 14822

San Obispo, CA 93406

805.546.0950

joel@...

www.diringerassociates.com