Tag Archives: Federal Health Care Reform
Health Exchange Announces Benefit Plan Choices
By Kenny Goldberg Californians can now get an estimate of what health insurance might cost next year when the affordable care act fully kicks in. The Covered California website offers a wealth of information. The website spells out the copays … Continue reading
California Endowment Pledges Funds to Help Undocumented Get Health Care
By Megan Burks On the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to spend $350 million implementing federal health reform in California comes another announcement. The California Endowment announced Thursday it has pledged $225 million toward implementing the Affordable Care Act. … Continue reading
School Clinics Keep Students Healthy and In Class: Teen Producers Video
City Height’s newest school clinic at Monroe Clark middle school is helping students get quality health care. School administrators say the effort helps keep attendance levels and academic achievement high because healthy students are more likely to show up to … Continue reading
Health Providers Speaking a Common Language on Interpretation
The children of East African refugees in City Heights watch their mothers present on the need for better medical interpretation. Often, medical providers and patients call on English-speaking children to interpret at doctors appointments. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By … Continue reading
Familias Con Múltiple Estatus Migratorio Piden una Reforma de Salud
La reforma Federal de Salud dejará fuera dos millones de inmigrantes indocumentados en California | Photo por Brian Myers Por Heather Boerner Traducción facilitada por El Latino Click here to read it in English Cuando Norma Navarro lleva a sus … Continue reading
Weighing the Pros and Cons of Expanding Medi-Cal
Gary Rotto, the director of health policy for Council of Community Clinics San Diego, and Jorge Riquelme, executive director of the Bayside Community Center in Linda Vista, talk to KPBS the pros and cons of expanding Medi-Cal in California. By … Continue reading
Multi-Status Families Brace for Health Care Reform
Federal health reform will leave out California’s two million undocumented immigrants, a dilemma for multi-status families like Norma Navarro’s. Her 7-year-old son Angel is a citizen, but her 10-year-old daughter Aneth is not, meaning they’ll have significantly different health care … Continue reading
‘Half of Deaths Are Preventable’: Teen Producers Video
Below, the Media Arts Center Teen Producers hear from Dylan Mann, a UC San Diego medical student, about the importance of preventative care. More than 50 percent of all deaths, he said, can be attributed to poor health behaviors that … Continue reading
‘Preventative Care Saved My Life’: Teen Producers Video
Next year, the state will ramp up to expand health care coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act. By 2014, it expects to have its new insurance exchange up and running and open access to Medi-Cal to about a … Continue reading
Group Tackles Cultural Barriers to Understanding Health Care Reform
By Adam Ward Explaining health care reform, which entails deciphering complicated timelines, legalese and technical medical terms, can be daunting even for native English speakers. Members of the East African Healthcare Reform Roundtable are attempting to do all that and overcome language … Continue reading