Tag: Health

  • 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…

  • For Amina Sheik Mohamed, Women’s Health is First

    2013 Women’s History Month honoree, Amina Sheik Mohamed | Photo Credit: Jim Spadoni By Monica Medina The following article appeared on the new KPBS blog, Hey Neighbor! Written by KPBS Director of Diversity and Engagement Monica Medina, Hey Neighbor! explores the people and places that make San Diego an extraordinary place to live. San Diego’s…

  • Tweet City Heights: Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials

    By Megan Burks Feds Question Family Health Centers’ Financials The federal government may require Family Health Centers of San Diego to repay $4.5 million in grant money because it didn’t properly document how the money was spent, according to U-T San Diego. A spokesman for the network of community clinics told the U-T the organization…

  • Tweet City Heights: Gay Couples and Immigration Reform

    By Megan Burks Gay Couples Push for Inclusion in Immigration Reform Bill KPBS and Fronteras Desk reporter Adrian Florido spoke to two gay men this week who are counting on an immigration reform bill to keep them together. One is undocumented and faces deportation, but his marriage doesn’t guarantee him the same access to legal…