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• Lawmakers Push To Stop Surprise ER Billing

  May 28, 2019

  California has some of the nation’s strongest protections against surprise medical bills. But many Californians still get slammed with huge...

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• Hungry Californians Finally To Get A Little More Help

  May 24, 2019

  California is the last state to make federal food aid available to SSI beneficiaries. “It’s long overdue,” said Kim McCoy Wade,...

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• Use Of Buprenorphine To Treat Opioid Addiction Proliferates In California

  May 23, 2019

  The rate of Medi-Cal enrollees who received buprenorphine nearly quadrupled from the end of 2014 to the third quarter of 2018, according to data...

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• A Medical Sanctuary For Migrant Farmworkers

  May 20, 2019

  President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to deport an estimated 11 million immigrants who have entered the U.S. illegally has fostered fear...

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• CenCal Health Donates $400,000 to Feed Seniors on Central Coast

  May 20, 2019

  Almost 4 million seniors suffer from malnutrition in the United States. Seniors living alone can often feel depressed and isolated. Every aspect of...

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• As ER Wait Times Grow, More Patients Leave Against Medical Advice

  May 16, 2019

  About 352,000 California ER visits in 2017 ended when patients left after seeing a doctor but before their medical care was complete. That’s...

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• How Obamacare, Medicare And ‘Medicare For All’ Muddy The Campaign Trail

  May 14, 2019

  As counterintuitive as it sounds, understanding Medicare as it works today isn’t helpful in envisioning a Medicare for All plan. Unlike with...

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• Newsom Changes Course On Plan To Pay For Immigrant Health Coverage

  May 10, 2019

  Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration Friday reversed course on his plan to divert public health dollars from several counties to help provide...

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• Meth Vs. Opioids: America Has Two Drug Epidemics, But Focuses On One

  May 08, 2019

  Across the country, overdose deaths involving meth more than quadrupled from 2011 to 2017. Admissions to treatment facilities for meth are up 17%....

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• State Bans Pesticide Linked To Developmental Problems

  May 08, 2019

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