Category: Health
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‘Preventative Care Saved My Life’: Teen Producers Video
Next year, the state will ramp up to expand health care coverage to millions under the Affordable Care Act. By 2014, it expects to have its new insurance exchange up and running and open access to Medi-Cal to about a million more residents. For the newly insured, the changes could mean fewer trips to the…
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Healthy Families Transition to Medi-Cal Starting
By Kenny Goldberg State officials say California will begin to transition 800,000 kids out of the Healthy Families program and into Medi-Cal next month. The move comes despite concerns that some children may not get the same level of care. Nearly 80,000 children in San Diego County get low-cost medical and dental care through Healthy…
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California Lawmakers Face Tight Deadline to Tackle Health Reform
By Kenny Goldberg California lawmakers are up against a tight deadline to get the state ready for the full rollout of healthcare reform. A variety of major decisions need to be made quickly. States are required to launch their new online insurance marketplaces by January 2014. But California wants to open registration next October. Anthony…
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Tweet City Heights: Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform
By Megan Burks Including DACA Recipients in Health Care Reform Immigrant rights groups, health advocates and others are pushing for the Affordable Care Act to benefit undocumented immigrants who receive temporary legal status under President Obama’s deferred action policy. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals gives some young undocumented immigrants the ability to reside legally in…
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San Diego Program Helps Poor Pregnant Women Get Vital Services
Access to prenatal care is a challenge for poor, uninsured women who don’t speak English. And once their babies are born, pediatric care can also be hard to get. KPBS Health Reporter Kenny Goldberg says for the last five years, a San Diego program has helped more than 1,000 low-income women and their children get…