UC Davis Doctor Speaks Out Against NuPhysicia Plan In an op-ed in the California Progress Report, Dr. Richard Pan, Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of California, Davis, explains why the proposed deal is bad for UC, prison inmates, and...
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR)
LA Times Notes UAPD Position on Prison Health Care Deal
Doctors explain shortcomings of proposed deal to UC Regents during special public session on prison healthcare. Read LA Times Coverage Stuart Bussey, M.D., Editorial in Capitol Weekly
UAPD Continues to Raise Objections to NuPhysicia Plan for Corrections Health Care
Under the NuPhysicia Plan, the for-profit Texas corporation will make tens of millions before a cent of savings is realized for California. California's leaders must be made aware of the problems in NuPhysicia’s proposal, and should authorize an unbiased study to...
After UAPD Presentation, UC Starts Backing Away from the NuPhysicia Plan
Within hours of UAPD's March 25th presentation to the UC Board of Regents, and subsequent press coverage, the University of California issued statements indicating that it is reconsidering NuPhysicia's half baked plan to transfer prison medical care to UC and replace...
UAPD to Speak Against NuPhysicia at March 25th Regents Meeting
UAPD President Stuart A. Bussey, M.D., and Attorney Andy Kahn plan to inform the UC Regents about fatal flaws in the NuPhysicia Plan. Press Release Post Regents Meeting (PDF) Press Release Pre Regents Meeting (PDF)
Possible Conflict of Interest in Proposed UC/CDCR Deal?
While the University of California eventually released statements denying that UC Vice President John Stobo, the main proponent of NuPhysicia plan, ever benefitted financially from his relationship with that company (Stobo was the non-executive founding chairman of...
Schwarzenegger’s Latest Bad Idea: NuPhysicia and CDCR
This morning the LA Times reported that the Schwarzenegger administration is trying to push through a backroom deal to hand all prison medical care over to the University of California (UC) system, under a proposal drafted by the Texas company NuPhysicia. This would...
