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Uncovered California

Undocumented Children Can Get California Health Care. Now Gavin Newsom Wants Young Adults To Have It, Too.

April 29, 2019

While R. Lopez's low income family qualified for government-funded health coverage, her legal status prevented her from accessing full-scope Medi-Cal for much of her childhood. That changed in 2016.

Courtesy of Lisa Buswell-Rodriguez and Lizabeth Richie.

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California Moms On Medi-Cal Want Better Breast Pumps. They’re Asking the Governor for Help.

April 26, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

California moms are asking for $7 million dollars in Governor Gavin Newsom’s next budget proposal to make better breast pumps available through Medi-Cal.

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Opponents Spar Over California Vaccine Exemption Bill

April 24, 2019

Hundreds of critics of mandatory vaccines were in Sacramento Wednesday opposing a California proposal to give state public health officials instead of local doctors the power to decide which children can skip their shots before attending school.

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Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates Continue To Rise In California

April 22, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

This uptick in STDs may be tied to the state’s housing crisis, according to health officials.

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Here's Why California Housing For Mentally Ill Adults Is Disappearing

April 17, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

Housing and mental health advocates met at the state Capitol last week to discuss rebuilding the statewide network of board and care facilities for adults who need support.

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Will Undocumented Immigrants Avoid New State Health Benefits?

April 17, 2019

The Trump administration's immigration crackdown has already stopped many immigrants from using public health benefits. California Gov. Newsom plans to make sure those fears don't also stop immigrants from using a proposed health care expansion.

Sammy Caiola / Capital Public Radio

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Interview: California’s First Surgeon General, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, On Childhood Trauma And Her New Role

April 16, 2019 | Cody Drabble

California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris joins us to talk about her work on the adverse effects of childhood trauma and how it will fit in to her new role as the state’s top doctor.

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For Camp Fire Victims With Medical Needs, Care Remains Scattered

April 12, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

A new chemotherapy center in Chico is adding to the patchwork of clinics and medical offices that have been serving displaced patients of the Adventist Health Feather River Hospital for the past few months.

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Health Systems Get Into Specialty Pharmacies In Effort To Lower Costs Of Priciest Drugs

April 10, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

Dignity Health is the latest hospital system to set up a “specialty pharmacy” — businesses dispensing complex medications that basic pharmacies generally can’t give out.

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California’s Universal Health Care Goals Are On Paper. Here Are 22 Bills To Keep An Eye On

April 9, 2019 | Sammy Caiola

A single-payer health care system doesn’t appear to be on the table this year, but Democratic lawmakers are pushing 21 other bills to expand coverage and make it cheaper.

 

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