Health CareDoctors Want To Prescribe Nature To Communities Of Color. Here's How California Might Help.October 31, 2018 | Sammy CaiolaThe state is deciding how to spend a newly approved bond with specific allocations for “park poor” neighborhoods. Advocates say this could be key to improving health outcomes for low-income families. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareAudit: California Paid $4B In Questionable Medi-Cal ClaimsOctober 30, 2018From 2014 through 2017, more than 450,000 people marked as eligible for Medi-Cal in the state's system were listed as ineligible in county systems, the California auditor's office said. Half of those discrepancies persisted for more than two years.
Health CareDialysis Companies Spend $111 Million To Kill Prop. 8October 26, 2018A $5 million donation from this week from dialysis provider Fresenius Medical Care pushed the anti-Proposition 8 campaign's total past the $109 million pharmaceutical companies spent two years ago to defeat a measure limiting prescription drug costs.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezUniversity Of The Pacific Hosts Clinics To Help Patients With Medicare Open EnrollmentOctober 23, 2018 | Cody DrabbleThe University of the Pacific is hosting 13 public events with their Mobile Medicare Clinics outreach program to help patients pick the right drug plan during the 2018 open enrollment period. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareThousands Of Employees Strike At UC HospitalsOctober 22, 2018 | Steve MilneThousands of University of California medical workers are walking off the job in a contract dispute that has prompted rescheduling of surgeries and thousands of outpatient appointments. The three-day strike begins Tuesday. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareTrade Commission Blocks Two Unapproved Stem Cell Clinics In California, But Experts Say There Are Many MoreOctober 22, 2018 | Sammy CaiolaThere’s a growing black market for unapproved stem cell treatments.The federal government is cracking down, starting with two California clinics. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareProposition 4 Could Boost Funding For California Children’s HospitalsOctober 18, 2018 | Sammy CaiolaIf Proposition 4 passes, $1.5 billion in state bonds would help hospitals make beds seismically compliant, redesign neonatal units and purchase new equipment. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentDialysis Industry Raises $99 Million To Defeat California’s Prop 8October 15, 2018 | Chris NicholsHave you seen, heard or read a Prop 8 ad? They’re hard to miss. The proposition dealing with kidney dialysis centers is the most expensive one on the November ballot. So who’s spending the money and why? Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Health CareWhy Proposition 8 Is One Of The Most Contentious, And Confusing, Ballot Measures In PlayOctober 12, 2018 | Sammy CaiolaCalifornians will vote in November on Proposition 8, which would regulate dialysis clinic spending. It’s a move that could either improve patient conditions or degrade them, depending on who you ask. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPracticing Medicine In Extreme ConditionsOctober 9, 2018A UC Davis doctor is preparing for a four-month sabbatical to the South Pole, where he’ll serve as the primary physician for 150 people. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
