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Poderosas voces interfieren con propuesta para hacer más difícil evitar las vacunas

By Anna Maria Barry-Jester June 24, 2019

A medida que legisladores de California intentan normas de vacunación infantil más estrictas, se enfrentan con situaciones generadas por funcionarios de alto perfil que las apoyan.

Finding Homeless Patients A Place To Heal

By Ana B. Ibarra April 2, 2019

California hospitals must comply with a new state law that requires them to try to find a safe place for homeless patients upon discharge. But hospitals say doing so isn’t as easy as calling a shelter and securing a cot.

Protecting Your Lungs From Wildfire Smoke

November 16, 2018

Covered California Pops And Locks Through Enrollment Season

By Ana B. Ibarra December 20, 2018

The state health insurance exchange hired hip-hop dancers in communities across the state as part of its promotion of open enrollment, which ends Jan. 15.

Newsom Proposes Penalty To Fund Health Insurance Subsidies

By Samantha Young and Ana B. Ibarra June 3, 2019

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help an estimated 850,000 Californians pay their health insurance premiums and would fund his plan with a tax penalty on people who don’t have coverage. If he succeeds, California would be the first state to subsidize middle-income people who make too much to qualify for federal financial aid.

With ACA’s Future In Peril, California Reins In Rising Health Insurance Premiums

By Barbara Feder Ostrov and Ana B. Ibarra July 9, 2019

Premiums will grow by an average of 0.8% next year on the state health insurance exchange. Officials cite two new policies for the relatively low rate hike: a new state tax penalty on Californians who don’t have health insurance coupled with state-based tax credits to help enrollees afford their premiums, including middle-income people who make too much money to qualify for federal financial aid.

¿Sola? ¿Ansioso? ¿Deprimido? Tal vez tu dentista puede ayudarte

By Ana B. Ibarra February 26, 2019

Una dentista de Oakland decidió incorporar una consultoría de salud mental en su práctica al observar que los pacientes hablaban de sus problemas de salud mental.

Lonely? Anxious? Depressed? Maybe Your Dentist Can Help

By Ana B. Ibarra February 26, 2019

An Oakland dental clinic has started screening its patients for depression, and referring them to a mental health counselor down the hall for immediate care if necessary. The program at Asian Health Services could be replicated elsewhere, and make help for mental health problems more accessible to hard-to-reach populations.

Hey, Hey! Ho, Ho! Is Striking For School Nurses The Way To Go?

By Ana B. Ibarra February 20, 2019

Inspired by Los Angeles teachers, who were promised 300 more school nurses after striking last month, unions in Denver, Oakland, Calif., and beyond are demanding more school nurses or better compensation for them.

Health Officials’ Plug For Next FDA Chief: Go Big On E-Cig Regulation

By Shefali Luthra March 28, 2019

With Scott Gottlieb making his exit from the Food and Drug Administration’s top spot, city and country health officials call for backup in the fight to curb teen use of e-cigarettes.

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