Tag: Affordable Care Act
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City Heights High Schoolers Are Prepping To Become Your Next Doctor
An initiative provides on-the-job training to students from disadvantaged communities in the hopes of boosting their wellness and leading them toward a career in health care.
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Covered California Identifies Uninsured Hotspots
By Kenny Goldberg Covered California has identified hot spots where relatively large numbers of uninsured residents live. The exchange has designated six such hot spots in San Diego County, where it plans to concentrate its enrollment efforts. The six areas are: parts of the the South Bay, parts of East County, the city of San…
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Lawmakers Drop Effort to Open Covered California to Immigrants Here Illegally
By Kenny Goldberg A legislative effort to allow people who are here illegally to buy Covered California health plans has been shelved. State Sen. Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) removed a section from his bill (Senate Bill 4) that would have let those immigrants buy unsubsidized health insurance through California’s insurance exchange. An estimated 2.7 million…
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Funding Cliff for Community Clinics Could Impact Low-Income San Diegans
Dr. Chris Gordon meets with a patient at the Chase Avenue Family Health Center in El Cajon in 2013. | Photo Credit: Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego By Megan Burks San Diego community clinic executives have been meeting with lawmakers in the nation’s capitol. They’re asking Congress to back away from a funding…
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Covered California Gives the Uninsured Another Chance
By Kenny Goldberg Covered California is offering consumers yet another chance to buy a health plan. This special enrollment period runs from Feb. 23 to April 30, two weeks after taxes are due. President Barack Obama announced a similar special enrollment period for uninsured consumers who live in states that don’t offer their own insurance…