By Megan Burks
Latinos Worse Off Than African Americans When It Comes to Health Coverage
A recent poll by National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health found Latinos are most likely to go without health insurance or grapple with patchy coverage plans.
The study results debunk a common belief that African Americans struggle the most with the cost and quality of health care.
When asked about out-of-pocket costs, 42 percent of Latinos said medical bills were a “very serious” problem. Only 34 percent of African Americans said bills not covered by insurance were a serious problem.
Latinos were also most likely to say their care was poorly managed, delayed and didn’t utilize the latest technology.
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Social Service Advocates Protest Governor’s Billion-Dollar Reserve Amid Cuts
The California Capitol Network reported health and human services advocates are asking lawmakers to forgo a budget reserve in order to fund social services facing drastic cuts.
Gov. Jerry Brown proposed setting aside $1 billion for a rainy day fund. But protesters say Californians already need that money; the state has cut $15 billion from health and human services since 2008.
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Rosa Parks Students Raise Thousands for Cancer Research
U-T San Diego reported students at Rosa Parks Elementary School raised $6,600 to donate to the UCSD Moores Cancer Center. The students began raising funds through bake sales and a jog-a-thon after losing a student to cancer and discovering that some of their teachers are battling cancer.
“In a time when so many schools and students are raising money for themselves, how noble of these students to think of others and want to make a difference,” UCSD’s Comischell Rodriguez told the U-T.
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Exploring the ‘Why’ of City Heights’ Bad Reputation
In its first issue, the San Diego Free Press shares an essay by Anna Daniels on living in City Heights. In it, she discusses how the community has changed since she moved there 25 years ago and talks about some of the zoning laws and neglect that have challenged her neighbors.
“To say that City Heights is an undesirable, crime ridden community filled with scary (non-white) poor people tells you everything except why. And because that statement does not address the why of it, it is untrue and only has value in diverting attention from the truth for dubious and contemptible reasons,” Daniels writes.
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