- The 2012 TCWF-Field Health Policy Survey - California Voter Views About the Health Reform Law and its Implementation

This briefing will share results from the 2012 Field Health Policy Survey, conducted among over 1,500 registered California voters about their views of the Affordable Care Act following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling of its constitutionality.

This is the sixth in a series of annual health policy surveys conducted by The Field Poll on behalf of The California Wellness Foundation. The current survey updates voter views about the health care system overall, the health reform law, its impact on this year's presidential election, and next steps for the state as implementation of the law moves forward here.

The 2012 poll is also a multilingual voter survey, conducted in seven languages and dialects, to enable it to capture the richness of the multi-ethnic California voter population.

Mark DiCamillo, Director of the Field Poll, will present a summary of the survey's main findings. A distinguished panel of discussants will then offer their reactions and comments, moderated by Dr. Diana Bontá, President and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation. Below is a list of the discussants who will be participating:

• Secretary Diana Dooley, California Health and Human Services Agency
• Peter Lee, JD, Executive Director, California Health Benefit Exchange
• Carmela Castellano-Garcia, Esq., President and CEO, California Primary Care Association
• Gerald Kominski, PhD, Professor, UCLA School of Public Health and Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
• Emil Guillermo, Independent Journalist, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund