California Braces For Medi-Cal’s Future Under Trump And The GOP
By Anna Gorman and Pauline Bartolone
California officials jumped at the chance to cover millions more low-income people by expanding its Medicaid program. Now, health policymakers and advocates fear the Trump administration and a Republican-ruled Congress will roll back the state’s progress.
Federal Money For State-Level Zika Tracking, Prevention May End This Summer, Worrying Health Officials
By Ana B. Ibarra
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
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.
State Lawmakers Seek $2M To Boost Valley Fever Research, Monitoring
By Ana B. Ibarra
The money, to be added to an existing valley fever fund, would pay for tracking equipment, new research and community outreach on a fungal disease that is relatively benign in most cases but can be extremely serious in some people.
Trump Budget Blueprint Targets Medicare Counseling Program For Cuts
By Ana B. Ibarra
In California, the proposed federal cuts could mean a 40 percent hit to counseling services that help more than half a million seniors each year.
A Community Seeks Answers, Assurances About Health Care — In 10 Languages
By Ana B. Ibarra and Kellen Browning
A forum for Asian immigrants in Oakland draws a crowd so large some attendees had to be seated in an overflow room. Many immigrants are eager for information relevant to them as changes to the health care system are debated in Washington.
Medi-Cal, Denti-Cal y las elecciones
Más de 138.000 niños ya han sido inscriptos en los programas de salud médica y dental gratuitos de California. Ana B. Ibarra, reportera de KHN, habla sobre éste y otros temas en Radio Bilingüe.
