Tag: Affordable Care Act
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School Clinics Keep Students Healthy and In Class: Teen Producers Video
City Height’s newest school clinic at Monroe Clark middle school is helping students get quality health care. School administrators say the effort helps keep attendance levels and academic achievement high because healthy students are more likely to show up to class. That’s the case for Andrea Vizcarra, who is getting support for her high blood…
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Health Providers Speaking a Common Language on Interpretation
The children of East African refugees in City Heights watch their mothers present on the need for better medical interpretation. Often, medical providers and patients call on English-speaking children to interpret at doctors appointments. | Photo Credit: Megan Burks By Megan Burks One of the problems with getting medical interpretation over the phone is that…
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Weighing the Pros and Cons of Expanding Medi-Cal
Gary Rotto, the director of health policy for Council of Community Clinics San Diego, and Jorge Riquelme, executive director of the Bayside Community Center in Linda Vista, talk to KPBS the pros and cons of expanding Medi-Cal in California. By Megan Burke, Maureen Cavanaugh and Claire Trageser Click here to listen to a KPBS Midday…
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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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Tweet City Heights: Medi-Cal Rate Cut Approved Despite Growing Caseload
By Megan Burks Medi-Cal Rat Cut Approved Despite Growing Caseload An appeals court ruled California can cut Medi-Cal reimbursement rates 10 percent. The rates are how doctors get paid for treating patients on the state’s public health program. KPBS reports doctors are livid and say the rate cut could impact access to care. Already, less…