Daily Edition for Thursday, August 22, 2024
Santa Clara County To Buy Troubled Private Hospital: The Bay Area’s largest county announced plans Wednesday to buy Regional Medical Center, a 250-bed hospital in East San Jose that had been slated for major cutbacks — a move that county officials say will preserve critical medical care for the low-income community it serves. Read more from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A Teen’s Murder, Mold in the Walls: Unfulfilled Promises Haunt Public Housing
By Fred Clasen-Kelly and Renuka Rayasam
For years, federal lawmakers have failed to deliver the money needed to fix derelict public housing, leaving tenants — mostly people of color and families with low incomes — living with mold and gun violence that has had lasting health consequences.
Biden Administration Blocks Two Private Sector Enrollment Sites From ACA Marketplace
By Julie Appleby
Regulators have been under the gun to curb unauthorized Obamacare enrollment and switching of plans. Separately, a pending lawsuit was amended with additional defendants and new allegations regarding tactics to garner greater ACA sales commissions.
The Rapidly Evolving Field of Street Medicine
By Angela Hart
The rapidly evolving field of street medicine — the practice of providing health care to homeless people living outside — is getting a jolt in California with a new player: a medical group devoted exclusively to homeless people. And it’s actually making money. Sachin Jain, who worked on federal Medicaid policy during his tenure in […]
Daily Edition for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Newsom Touts Harris As Champion For Disenfranchised Groups: Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered California’s delegate votes for Vice President Kamala Harris during the roll call Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention. “Kamala Harris has always done the right thing, a champion for voting rights, civil rights, LGBTQ rights, the rights for women and girls,” he said. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more convention news.
Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay.
By Tony Leys
A collection agency sought court authority to garnish a patient’s wages to pay a disputed surgery bill. But after the patient showed up in court to argue the bill was bogus, the judge declined to let the bill collector seize her money.
Cautious Optimism in San Francisco as New Cases of HIV in Latinos Decrease
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
New HIV diagnoses have decreased among Latinos in San Francisco, potentially marking the first time in five years that the group hasn’t accounted for the largest number of new cases. Public health experts express cautious optimism, but outreach workers warn that many Latinos still struggle to find testing and treatment.
San Francisco: cauteloso optimismo mientras bajan nuevos casos de VIH entre latinos
By Vanessa G. Sánchez
San Francisco estableció un modelo nacional de respuesta a la enfermedad. Lo hizo al construir una red de servicios de VIH para que los residentes pudieran acceder a pruebas gratuitas o de bajo costo, así como al tratamiento, independientemente de su seguro de salud o estatus migratorio.
Daily Edition for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
‘I Will Never Forget When Kamala Harris Called Me After My Parents Died’: Recalling the loss of his parents to covid, U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia, a Democrat from California, painted a stark comparison between former president Donald Trump’s approach to the pandemic and that of the Biden-Harris administration as he delivered an emotional address at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Read more from The Orange County Register. Scroll down for more news about the convention.
Viajar para morir: la última forma de turismo médico
By Debby Waldman
La muerte asistida sigue siendo un tema controversial. Es un derecho, o no se permite, dependiendo del estado en donde se viva.
