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Covered California Gives Until April 15 to Finish Applications in Progress
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California. (Max Whitaker/Getty Images) The deadline for Covered California applications is fast approaching: midnight on March 31. The state is still strongly...
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Higher Autism Numbers Announced as Feds Introduce Early Screening Program
(Getty Images) Every two years, the federal government announces the rate of autism. This is what NPR’s shots blog had to say about today’s numbers, which show 1 in 68 children in the U.S. have an...
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Oakland Schools Help Parents Sign Up for Covered California
Antonia Briones (left), an Alameda County Social Services Agency eligibility technician, helps Gabino Pablo (right) with Covered California enrollment as the deadline approaches. (Rachel Dornhelm/KQED)...
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California Measles Cases Jump Dramatically; 49 So Far in 2014
Vial of Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine. (Geoff Caddick/AFP/Getty Images) The state is reporting 49 confirmed cases of measles so far in 2014. Last year at this time there were just four. This...
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New Report Finds Dramatic Racial Disparities for California Kids
(Getty Images) Many children of color in the state face different health and education opportunities from the earliest years. That’s according to a new study from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The...
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Expert: Millions More Uninsured Will Get Coverage in Next Three Years
Covered California application in Chinese. Now that the final numbers from Covered California’s first open enrollment period are in, experts are already looking ahead to the next steps. Nearly 1.4...
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State’s Walk and Bike Infrastructure Poised for Healthy Update
(Getty images) Far more Californians are choosing biking or walking to get around these days. Over the last 10 years, the number of trips Californians made on foot and by bike doubled, according to the...
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How An Increase in Minimum Wage Can Improve Health
(Getty Images) A bill by state Sen. Mark Leno aimed at raising the minimum wage passed the California Senate and is moving on to the Assembly. But what does this have to do with health? A “powerful...
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‘Village’ Movement for Aging Seniors Faces Some Challenges
(Patrick/Flickr) “It takes a village” is a common refrain. Now “Villages” — yes, with a capital V — are sweeping the U.S., looking to redefine how people age in their communities. The Village movement...
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Older Californians’ Outlook for Long Term Care
The way the medical system talks about aging often gets it all wrong. That’s what Bruce Chernof, a geriatric physician and head of The Scan Foundation in Los Angeles, wants you to know. “People define...
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Low-income California Children Among Least Likely to Get Dental Care
Almost 60 percent of California children on Medi-Cal did not receive any dental care in 2011. (nmoira/flickr) Young people who don’t get the routine dental care they need find themselves at a...
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How Important Is Cost Transparency To Lowering Health Costs?
(flickr: Images Money) The largest public employees retirement system in the country – CalPERS – has plenty to gain from a drop in health care costs. After all, they cover 1.6 million employees,...
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Advocates Want State to Delay Health Transition for Elderly and Disabled
(Getty Images) Next month, a federal pilot program aimed at improving care for the most vulnerable is set to start rolling out in some California counties. Cal MediConnect is supposed to help seniors...
View ArticleCalming Dementia Patients — Without Powerful Drugs
Diane Schoenfeld is a weekly visitor at the Chaparral House nursing home in Berkeley. She comes every Friday to spend time with her aunt, Lillie Manger. “Hi Aunt Lill!” she says, squatting down next to...
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