Tag: Affordable Care Act

  • Tweet City Heights: California Soda Tax Passes First Hurdle

    By Megan Burks Insurance Rate for Adults Hasn’t Improved Under ACA California Healthline reports a Commonwealth Fund study found the number of working-age adults with health insurance hasn’t yet increased under the Affordable Care Act. The number of uninsured young adults has dropped 7 percent between when 2010 and 2012, thanks in large part to…

  • State Lawmakers Consider Medical Interpretation Bill

    By Megan Burks The meeting itself drove home the necessity of interpretation. Outfitted with headsets receiving signals from several interpreters, residents speaking seven languages met in City Heights Friday to coordinate a campaign to improve access to interpreters at doctors’ offices and hospitals. At the start, members of the Karen (Burmese), Somali, Somali Bantu, Eritrean…

  • Tweet City Heights: Can California Doctors Handle Surge in Medi-Cal Enrollment?

    By Megan Burks Can California Doctors Handle Surge in Medi-Cal Enrollment? State lawmakers gave an initial OK Thursday to expanding Medi-Cal under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion would extend Medi-Cal coverage to more than a million Californians next year, with initial costs being covered by the federal government. But doctors say they’re already struggling…

  • Health Exchange Announces Benefit Plan Choices

    By Kenny Goldberg Californians can now get an estimate of what health insurance might cost next year when the affordable care act fully kicks in. The Covered California website offers a wealth of information. The website spells out the copays and deductibles for consumers who will have to buy their own health insurance. These costs…

  • California Endowment Pledges Funds to Help Undocumented Get Health Care

    By Megan Burks On the heels of Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposal to spend $350 million implementing federal health reform in California comes another announcement. The California Endowment announced Thursday it has pledged $225 million toward implementing the Affordable Care Act. And it’s going a step further. Endowment Senior Vice President Daniel Zingale said the private…