Tag: Health

  • East African San Diegans Get Health Care Screening

    Health advocates and community activists provided health screening in City Heights on Friday for members of the East African community. By Erik Anderson Health advocates and other community activists reached out to San Diego’s East African community in City Heights on Friday. They convened at the East African Community and Culture Center on the weekly…

  • Latino Enrollment in Covered California Health Plans Picks Up

    Photo Credit: Tarryn Mento, KPBS By Kenny Goldberg The latest enrollment numbers from Covered California show more than 625,000 people have signed up for new health insurance plans. Between Oct. 1 and mid-December, Latinos represented only 5 percent of total enrollment. Things changed in the last two weeks of the year. By the end of…

  • Immigrant Advocates See Health Care, Professional Licenses as Next Battle

    By Jill Replogle Thanks to legislative victories in 2013, undocumented immigrants living in California can now practice law and will soon be able to get drivers licenses. Now, immigrant advocates hope to take advantage of Sacramento’s pro-immigrant climate to expand on those victories. Health care is first on the legislative wish list. Immigrant advocacy groups…

  • Doctors Praise Governor’s Move, But Say Medi-Cal Pay Still Too Low

    By Kenny Goldberg California Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget eliminates a planned 10 percent Medi-Cal payment cut that was to be retroactive to 2011. But it still preserves a 10 percent cut to Medi-Cal rates going forward. Approximately 8.5 million Californians have Medi-Cal coverage, including more than 350,000 people in San Diego County. And thanks…

  • State Gets Failing Grade in Children’s Health

    By Kenny Goldberg The report card measures how well California children are faring in three major areas: education, health and the welfare of foster youth. There are 27 categories in all, ranging from K-12 funding to obesity. Children Now President Ted Lempert said California just doesn’t do enough to give kids a fair shot. “Despite…