Health care for dummies

For those who just can't get enough of the health-care debate in Sacramento -- or for those who can't make sense of the increasingly complex fracas -- a new website has just been launched which seems to be a nice CliffsNotes guide to the whole issue.

The site, www.calhealthreform.org, is put up by the Oakland-based California HealthCare Foundation and the Los Angeles-based Center for Governmental Studies. The foundation is a nonprofit philanthropy which is "committed to improving the way health care is delivered and financed in California." The Center is a think tank which is generally considered an accurate source for nonpartisan analysis.

The site, which I'm told just went live today, summarizes all the major proposals by lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, posts news items on the debate, debunks common myths about health care and even has a calendar listing dates of upcoming legislative hearings.

Worth checking out if you're into health care.