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• CenCal Health Announces New Medical Director

  April 01, 2019

  Pediatrics Specialist “Dr. Patty” Joins Regional Health Plan CenCal Health, the publicly-sponsored health plan for Medi-Cal in Santa...

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• She Was Dancing On The Roof And Talking Gibberish. A Special Kind Of ER Helped Her

  March 25, 2019

  For decades, hospitals have strained to accommodate patients in psychiatric crisis in emergency rooms. The horror stories of failure...

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• States Push For Caregiver Tax Credits

  March 22, 2019

  Long-term caregiving has emerged as one of the major issues in California’s Capitol this year, with proposals ranging from naming a state...

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• Costly Confusion: Medicare’s Wellness Visit Isn’t The Same As An Annual Physical

  March 20, 2019

  When the Medicare program was established more than 50 years ago, its purpose was to cover the diagnosis and treatment of illness and injury in...

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• Crowd At Capitol Demands Immigrant Health Coverage

  March 20, 2019

  Since May 2016, California has allowed low-income youths up to age 19 to sign up for Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, regardless of...

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• Does It Make Sense To Delay Children’s Vaccines?

  March 19, 2019

  The notion that there are two opposing sides obscures a large middle ground occupied by up to one-quarter of parents, who believe in vaccinating...

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• Judge Vows To Rule On Medicaid Work Requirements By End Of March

  March 15, 2019

  The federal judge who shot down a Medicaid work requirement plan last June remained deeply skeptical Thursday of the Trump administration’s...

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• New Health Plans Expose The Insured To More Risk

  March 13, 2019

  One health plan from a well-known insurer promises lower premiums but warns that consumers may need to file their own claims and negotiate over...

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• Interactive Health Education Tool Now Available Online

  March 12, 2019

  Accessible to CenCal Health Members, Physicians and the Community-At-Large in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties

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• 'Medieval' Diseases Flare As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate

  March 12, 2019

  “Our homeless crisis is increasingly becoming a public health crisis,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom said in his State of the State...

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