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  • City Heights Pleads Its Bike-Share Case

    Angeli Hernandez uses stickers to show DecoBike where she’d like to see bike-share stations in her neighborhood. She and her peers on the Mid-City CAN Youth Council have been speaking out about the need for better transit in City Heights. | Photo Credit: Bianca Bruno By Bianca Bruno City officials and DecoBike, a private Miami-based…

  • Obamacare For Californians: It’s Not That Confusing. We Promise.

    By Megan Burks I’ve been answering your questions about the Affordable Care Act with my series “Second Opinion” for three months now. You’ve thrown me some tough questions, sending me down rabbit holes burrowed by the Internal Revenue Service and the Congressional Research Service, and putting me in touch with smart people from local insurance…

  • Medi-Cal Major Factor in Surge in Emergency Visits

    By Kenny Goldberg There’s been a surge in visits to California emergency rooms and Medi-Cal patients have played a big role. A new report doesn’t bode well for Obamacare, which could add an estimated 2.9 million people to the Medi-Cal program. UC San Francisco researchers looked at emergency department visits between 2005 and 2010. During…

  • Drivers Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants Come with Cautions

    By Megan Burke, Marissa Cabrera, Maureen Cavanaugh and Peggy Pico Listen to a KPBS Midday Edition interview on drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants. California legislators have approved a bill to allow people who are here illegally to get drivers licenses. Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign it into law, but the bill has some…

  • Second Opinion: How Do Former Inmates Sign Up For Obamacare?

    Conrad Harris helps former inmates get back on their feet. The process now includes getting signed up for Medi-Cal, which is open to childless adults under the Affordable Care Act. Video by Brian Myers, Media Arts Center San Diego. By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans…