Category: Health

  • Second Opinion: How Do College Students Fit Into the Obamacare Exchanges?

    Video Credit: John Rosman, KPBS By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act. Ask yours here. The Question: Can families with college students mix and match health plans in the state-run insurance exchange? Michelle Huffaker is a web designer and mother of…

  • How Health Reform Will Change City Heights

    By Megan Burks There’s 124 days before the Affordable Care Act kicks into gear for most Americans. That’s when the new Obamacare health plans go into effect and when you’re supposed to be enrolled in one. For many, counting down the days elicits some degree of frenzy – health insurance policies are confusing already, and…

  • Second Opinion: How Do Undocumented Parents Cover Their Citizen Kids?

    Charter school teacher Oscar Ramos wants to know what to tell parents who are in the country illegally about enrolling their citizen children in new Obamacare plans. | Video Credit: John Rosman By Megan Burks Second Opinion is a weekly Q-and-A series that answers questions from San Diegans on the Affordable Care Act. Ask yours…

  • Clinic Partners With Housing Provider to Bring Health Care to Front Door

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Health care assistants went door to door last week inviting residents of the 94-unit Hollywood Palms on Home Avenue to their on-site health screening. The residents were provided free dental screenings and bone density scans by professionals from the La Maestra Community Health Centers. It was part of…

  • La Maestra Celebrates National Health Center Week With Dance, Free Checkups

    Video Credit: Brian Myers By Brian Myers Students of Bayside Community Center‘s ballet folklorico youth group performed Thursday during a health fair at the La Maestra Community Health Centers medical clinic in City Heights. La Maestra organized the health fair as part of National Health Center Week, a nationwide effort by health centers to promote…