Santa Cruz Sentinel Columns
Since November 2007, HIP's members have authored columns in the Santa Cruz Sentinel on a range of health care issues, from prevention and wellness to safety net clinic heroes and the need for policy and systems change.
2010 Columns
Borderless medical information will improve our health care
By: Rama Khalsa
February 28, 2010
Healthy Kids is a local brand of health care reform
By: Christina Cuevas, Mary Lou Goeke, Kathleen King
January 31, 2010
2009 Columns
Local health-care needs can't wait for federal assistance
By: Eleanor Littman
December 27, 2009
Taking a broader view of health
By: Christina Cuevas, Leslie Goodfriend, Poki Namkung
December 6, 2009
Triple Aim Initiative Tackles Health Care Costs, Care, and Outcomes
By: Eleanor Littman and Christine Sippl
October 25, 2009
The need for end-of-life planning
By: Sharon Tapper and Julie Boudreau
September 27, 2009
A healthy diet pays off in many ways
By: Shebreh Kalantari & Leslie Goodfriend
August 30, 2009
The flu is nothing to sneeze at
By: Poki Namkung
July 26, 2009
Community TV Interview
State Budget and Healthcare
By: Leslie Conner & Kathleen King
June 29, 2009
Medicare costs can be cut
By: Larry deGhetaldi
June 28, 2009
Diabetes forum puts patients front and center
By: Kathleen King and Raquel Ramirez Ruiz
May 31, 2009
Loss of Medi-Cal 'optional benefits' will be devastating
By: Sara Clarenbach & Will Hahn
April 26, 2009
Local leaders offer suggestions on health care reform
By: Bill Tysseling, Poki Namkung, Debora Bone, Stan Hajduk, Jess Brown
March 29, 2009
Shortsighted budget proposals will threaten children's access to health care
By: Jim Bennett MD and Christina Cuevas
February 22, 2009
United Way Community Matters Imagine: Help as Easy as 2-1-1
By: Mary Lou Goeke
January 25, 2009
2008 Columns
Plenty of reasons to be optimistic about health care reform in ‘09
By: Alan McKay & Eleanor Littman
December 28, 2008
Future of health care reform as seen through a cloudy crystal ball
By: Larry Levitt
November 30, 2008
Groups working to keep the ER available for true emergencies
By: Nancy Greenstreet MD & Richard Helmer MD
October 26, 2008
Health groups take aim at ‘twin' epidemics
By: Raquel Ramirez Ruiz & Kathleen King
September 28, 2008
Protecting the Santa Cruz County ‘herd' through immunization
By: Dr. Poki Namkung MD
August 31, 2008
Controlling cost in health care
By: Jae Dale
August 10, 2008
A look at reeling in health care costs
By: Jae Dale
June 29, 2008
Bootstrap strategies for local health care reform
By: Eleanor Littman
May 25, 2008
Making your health care wishes known
By: George Wolfe MD & Ann Carney Pomper
April 27, 2008
Providing health care with a net
By: Jennifer Hastings MD, Julie Hyer and Patrick Meehan MD
March 30, 2008
Oral Health: Tackling hidden epidemic in kids
By: Laura Marcus & Salem Magarian MD
February 24, 2008
Plight of uninsured affects us all
By: Alan McKay
January 27, 2008
2007 Columns
A year of good health
By: Dr. Dean Kashino MD
December 30, 2007
A HIP Replacement to fix our broken health-care system
By: Eleanor Littman & Rama Khalsa
November 25, 2007
