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Americans With Health Insurance Are Increasingly Putting Off …

WebLast year was also notable for an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation that estimated 23 million Americans, nearly one in 10 adults, owed significant medical …

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California Expands Access to Health Insurance for Undocumented …

WebCalifornia is set to become the first state to offer government-funded health insurance to low-income undocumented immigrants ages 50 and above — the latest …

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California’s Health Care Gaps Skyrocketed Along Racial Lines in 2020

WebWhen directors at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research first studied the results of the center’s 2020 health survey in California, they weren’t shocked.It had been …

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For Young Californians, More Health Insurance Does Not Mean …

WebMedi-Cal, the state’s version of Medicaid, grew to include 5.7 million California children prior to redeterminations, and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s expanded the …

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Kaiser's Massive Mental Health Care Settlement Sends Strong …

WebThe settlement, announced late Thursday by the state’s Department of Managed Health Care, includes a $50 million fine — the largest the department has ever …

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Inside Kaiser Permanente’s Broken Mental Health Care …

WebThe American Psychological Association’s blistering and previously undisclosed assessment said that, in two decades of reviewing actions by mental health …

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How Will Kaiser Permanente Make Up for Its Shortage of Therapists

WebKaiser Permanente’s long-standing deficiencies in providing mental health care to its patients led to a $200 million settlement with the state of California that was …

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Why It Is Time for Newsom and the Legislature to Get Serious …

WebCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom got busy at the 11th hour. He allocated considerable time to campaign for Proposition 1, a narrowly focused, $6.4 billion mental …

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In Anaheim, Health Starts in School

WebDecades of research have identified the positive impact that community schools and SBHCs bring to both students and community. “Study results demonstrate …

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Healthcare vs. Wealthcare: Uncovering UCLA’s VIP Medical Program

WebA more elite – and unadvertised – program is UCLA’s Medical Hospitality Program (MHP, as it’s known internally). “It’s usually a word of mouth thing,” says a …

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Whatever Comes Next, Single Payer Coverage for Californians …

WebIt’s not at all clear that AB 1400, the latest push to create a single payer system of health care in California, has the votes to beat a Jan. 31 deadline and advance …

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Farmworkers’ Working and Living Conditions Take a Mental

WebA study by the UC Berkeley School of Public Health published in the summer of 2020 found that 58% of farmworkers who had symptoms associated with COVID-19 …

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More Than Half of Californians Skip or Delay Medical Care Due to …

WebThe pinch hurts everywhere, but it’s most keenly felt among the state’s lower income workers, more than half of whom said they were carrying medical debt last year. …

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Reports Say Mental Health Services Act Working, But a Few …

WebThere’s good news and bad news to be found in a trio of recent reports on the effectiveness of California’s Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). Experts in the field …

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Did Barbara Ferrer Fail to Protect L.A.'s Most Vulnerable from …

WebRacial Disparities Amid a Pandemic . Ferrer took the helm of LAC DPH at the start of 2017. Prior to that, she had spent some three decades working in education, …

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Gov. Newsom Punts on Addressing Food Insecurity for Some of …

WebInflation bore down hard on Californians in 2022, but the effect was especially toxic at the lower reaches of the income scale. By last fall, two out of three households in …

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Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm

WebThe report found that a link between typical levels of fluoride added to water and possible harm to brain development is unclear, with a recommendation for more …

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Challenging Economic Power and Inequality in America

WebMore than ten years after the Great Recession, economic inequality in the United States remains at record levels. From crushing student debt to the inexorable rise in the cost of …

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Epic Fail: For-Profit Los Angeles Hospital Closes in the Middle of …

WebFor more than half a century, locals knew it simply as Midway Hospital. More recently, it was Olympia Medical Center. Soon, you can call it closed — in the middle of a …

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