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The Union That Roars: Nurses Aren’t Giving Up On California’s Single-Payer Push

By Pauline Bartolone July 10, 2017

The California Nurses Association, representing some 100,000 registered nurses, is regarded statewide and nationally as a progressive political powerhouse. “Politicians are afraid” of the activists they turn out, said one critic.

Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs At Risk After Trump Administration Budget Cuts

By Ana B. Ibarra and Kellen Browning July 31, 2017

In California, seven programs were promised five-year grants worth about $7.9 million annually to help teens avoid early parenthood. Now their funding — along with that of scores of similar projects nationally — has been shut off early.

California Could Become First State To Extend Medi-Cal To Undocumented Young Adults

By Ana B. Ibarra May 26, 2017

Two legislative committees this week approved the use of state money for the expansion of California’s Medicaid program to unauthorized immigrants up to age 26. What’s uncertain is whether the full legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown will approve the plan.

For California Hospitals That Don’t Pass Quake Test, Money’s Mostly At Fault

By Ana B. Ibarra May 26, 2017

Some hospitals are using innovative financing for retrofitting work as a state deadline to meet seismic safety requirements approaches in 2020.

California Bill Would Protect Patients’ Access To Their Chosen Family Planning Providers

By Ana B. Ibarra May 16, 2017

The bill signals California’s willingness to pay those providers regardless of federal changes but does not guarantee the funding.

Por miedo a la deportación, niños sin papeles pueden abandonar el Medicaid

By Ana B. Ibarra May 15, 2017

Desde que California permitió por ley que niños indocumentados recibieran servicios completos del Medi-Cal, se inscribieron cerca de 190,000. Con el clima político actual, defensores temen que los padres no los reinscriban por miedo a las deportaciones.

Fearing Deportation, Parents Worry About Enrolling Undocumented Kids In Medi-Cal

By Ana B. Ibarra May 15, 2017

A 2016 California law allowed children without papers to sign up for full Medi-Cal benefits. More than 189,000 children have been covered, but some families now fear renewing coverage or signing up their kids for the first time.

Federal Money For State-Level Zika Tracking, Prevention May End This Summer, Worrying Health Officials

By Ana B. Ibarra May 1, 2017

California has reported more than 500 travel-related Zika infections, and five babies have been born in the state with birth defects related to the mosquito-borne disease.

As California Weighs Soda Warning Labels, Tax In Berkeley Shown To Dilute Sales

By Ana B. Ibarra April 18, 2017

Sales of sugary drinks dropped in the city by nearly 10 percent a year after tax took effect in 2015, while bottled water sales rose, researchers report.

California Lawmakers Mull Improvements To Troubled Dental Program

By Ana B. Ibarra April 17, 2017

Denti-Cal has been criticized for not paying dentists enough to care for low-income Medicaid recipients.

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