Sacramento Healthcare Decisions

Compassionate Care Alliance of the Greater Sacramento Region

Current Programs

Healthcare Reform

Line in the Sand
Do Californians distinguish essential from non-essential coverage?

Working with other states
SHD assists other states with consumer input on healthcare priorities.

CHAT sessions
Two-hour program exposing healthcare/ business leaders to coverage trade-offs

End-of-Life Care

Partners in Caring
May 15 seminar for faith leaders on end-of-life care.

Medical Decisions When They Count Most
"Lunch and learn" workshop for employees of businesses and state agencies.

POLST Project
Statewide effort to translate seriously ill patients' wishes into actionable medical orders.


Giving the public a voice in improving healthcare policy and practice Sacramento Healthcare Decisions strategies: inquiry - identifying community values through discussion groups and surveys education - providing tools that further public knowledge and participation collaboration - working with diverse stakeholders on controversial issues communication - bringing the public's perspective to healthcare policymakers

Noteworthy:

SHD's workplace program on end-of-life care featured in May 27 national webinar.

National healthcare coverage program touts CHAT and SHD in recent article.

New America Foundation commissions SHD policy paper on benefits design.

Issue brief for California HealthCare Foundation:
Designing Coverage: Uninsured Californians Weigh the Options