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Office of Affordability next step in CA's march toward universal

WEBOPINION – This month, California launches the Office of Health Care Affordability, a milestone that makes us a leader in ensuring that every resident has …

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California setting up statewide medical data-exchange grid

WEBThe law establishing HIE, AB 133 authored by Assemblymember Jim Wood (D-Eureka), was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as a budget trailer bill in July 2021 A …

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WOMEN’S HEALTH: Health Equity

WEBCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: This Special Episode of the Capitol Weekly Podcast was recorded live at Capitol Weekly’s Conference on Women’s Health which …

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Medi-Cal expansion leads the way in health care access for all

WEBOPINION - CHCs and primary care physicians have long served as a safety net for communities of color. For far too long, our physicians, nurses and staff have …

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Drug-pricing rule hinders low-income, diverse communities

WEBAmid the ongoing health crisis, California’s Medi-Cal Rx transition threatens the stability of over 1,300 community health centers that serve more than 7.2 million …

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Local health care delivery key to Kaiser Medi-Cal contract

WEBIn a recent op-ed, Jarrod McNaughton of the Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) – a valued Kaiser Permanente local partner – repeats prior criticisms of the …

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Capitol Weekly Capitol Weekly: The Newspaper of California …

WEBCAPITOL WEEKLY PODCAST: Nationwide, over half of all high school students are required to take a course on personal finance to graduate. In California, it’s just 1%. A …

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Real change proves elusive in mental health care system

WEBCrippling the efforts for fundamental change is the Legislature’s apparent inability to pass major legislation that significantly alters the 1967 Lanterman-Petris …

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Prop. 45: Dems split over regulating health care rates

WEBProposition 45, would empower the state’s elected insurance commissioner to approve health insurance rates.

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Mental health care: From the snake pit to the streets

WEB“The state hospitals went from 35,000 to 5,000, and the community was expected to deal with it, without the expertise or the resources,” Dr. Stephen Mayberg, …

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The growing push for major action on mental health and …

WEBThe “community care” touted to replace the hospitals in landmark 1967 “reform” legislation never materialized, and seriously mentally ill patients suddenly …

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A deep dive into Newsom plan to overhaul mental health policy

WEBNewsom’s plan would create an entirely new system of civil court supervision, connecting individuals with intensive treatment and, equally important, …

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Medi-Cal can play active role in preventing domestic violence

WEBThese resources help ensure survivors and those at risk can receive support even if they do not disclose violence. Ending the cycle of intimate partner violence, …

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Community college students see need for mental health therapy

WEBStressed by classes, grades, jobs, personal issues and COVID-19, some California community college students are turning to mental health counseling.

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Auditor slams state mental-health system, revives Laura’s Law

WEBBut the “community care” touted to replace them never materialized. Howle excoriated the state’s failure to provide adequate or even minimal follow-up care to …

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Dangerous mix: Law enforcement and mentally ill suspects

WEBThe widely known author of articles in professional journals and the subject of news stories, Zeller has long pioneered, with growing success, a different kind of ER for …

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WOMEN'S HEALTH CONFERENCE

WEBCapitol Weekly presents: WOMEN’S HEALTH – A Virtual Conference, on Thursday, September 28, 2023. Find a program of the event with bios of all speakers …

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Congenital syphilis, although 100% preventable, is a health crisis

WEBA story I read published almost a year ago about how preventable CS is, still haunts me. It also keeps me motivated to solve this public health crisis, one that can be …

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Old school versus new school

WEBIn order to get an idea of how Paul “Pete” McCloskey came to be at odds with much of the rest of the Republican Party, one needs to go back more than two

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Will third time be the charm for bill on diacritical marks

WEBCA Assembly Bill 77 would require the California Dept. of Public Health, which oversees vital statistics, to use such marks on birth and death certificates and …

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