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In a Push for Fair Treatment, Los Angeles LGBT Center Creates New Categories...
The four-category system that therapist Susan Holt created with her colleagues at the LGBT Center has become a standard of practice at the non-profit. They are still working to spread the word which,...
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Health Care Bill Will Hurt Low-Income People of Color and Children, Advocates...
People line up for free dental care in Salinas. Photo: Lily Dayton/CHR By Lisa Renner Senate Republicans’ proposed health bill to overturn Obama’s Affordable Care Act is worse for low-income...
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Senate Health Bill Would Risk Health Coverage for Half of California Children
The closure of hospitals or a reduction in Medi-Cal coverage would likely mean that a child’s health in California “depends on their zipcode,” said Mayra Alvarez, president of the Children’s...
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In Los Angeles’ Senior Communities, Promatoras Offer Health Guidance In Spanish
Sandra Himenez and Amelia Hernandez, both 72, sit in the community room of Banning Villa Apartments in Wilmington, where they live. Iris Conde (middle) is the senior center’s Resident Services...
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Bullying is Prevalent in Senior Living Facilities, Contributing to Depression
As older adults face aging—and the mental and physical losses it brings—bullies may try to assert control, just like their middle-school counterparts. Some residents say it’s difficult to have positive...
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Rising Temperatures Will Put Seniors at Risk, Experts Predict
With seniors being most affected by rising temperatures, experts estimate heat-related deaths would become as numerous as deaths from automobile accidents by the end of the century. Photo: Thinkstock...
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Following a Stroke, She Woke Up in Men’s Clothes: Why LGBTQ Seniors Deserve...
Many older LGBT people lack support systems or children to care for them. Those who can afford care worry about having to go back into the closet in a nursing home. Photo: Thinkstock By Rick Zbur...
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Proposed Medi-Cal Rules Offer Rural Residents Less Access to Specialists and...
Under the proposed three-tiered system, Medi-Cal enrollees living in the smallest, rural counties could have to travel 60 miles or 90 minutes to an appointment with a specialist. That would be four...
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Study: Preparing for Affordable Care Act Meant Better Care for Patients in...
One of the goals of the ACA has been to move providers toward a system of value-based care – essentially providing extra incentives to ensure that patients receive better coordinated care delivery....
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Revised Senate Health Care Proposal Still Slashes Funds to Medicaid
The nearly $800 billion cut to the federal low-income insurance program Medicaid is still on the table in the latest version of the American Health Care Act. Photo: Thinkstock. By Lisa Renner Though...
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For Those Who can Afford Them, Swimming Lessons Can Save the Lives of...
Braxton Edwards, 16, began taking swimming lessons at age 5 at a swim school in San Diego that specializes in teaching children on the autism spectrum to swim. Photo courtesy of Tammy Anderson. By Fran...
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How Covered California Stood Up to Trump
On the heels of the 2017 inauguration, Covered California started issuing a series of reports detailing the repercussions for the state’s residents should the Affordable Care Act be repealed. Photo:...
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After the Hospital, New Center Offers Shelter to the Homeless
Samuel Raymond Curtis, who is homeless, was the first patient to enter the new Pathway Recuperative Care program in Ventura, which opened this month. Photo: Claudia Boyd-Barrett By Claudia Boyd-Barrett...
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California Needs Equality When it Comes to Mental Health Care
Low-income residents and people of color end up bearing the brunt of mental health inequity. Photo: Thinkstock By Kimberly Chen Too few Californians have access to mental health care, and the problem...
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Medi-Cal Discriminates Against Latinos, Harms Seniors Especially, Lawsuit...
Doctors are paid little for seeing patients using Medi-Cal, the federal program to insure low-income people, about half of what they receive for treating patients using Medicare, the federal insurance...
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For Medi-Cal Patients Who Need Specialists or Mental Health Treatment, Where...
Photo: File/Thinkstock By Hannah Guzik The California department that runs the state’s low-income health program released updated rules last week that spell out how far patients may need to travel to...
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Amidst Health Policy Turmoil, Covered California Announces 12.5% Rate Increase
As federal health policy threatens to shift at any moment, Covered California announces 12.5% rate increases. The increase is lower in comparison to several other state exchanges. Photo: Thinkstock The...
View ArticleReturning from a Midlife MS Diagnosis — On a Bike
By Sara Washington Sacramento, California Julie Williams, Age 55: In 2007, I had a headache that felt like an ice pick in my temple. And it was so painful, and I noticed that my vision had changed....
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Nowhere to Turn: California Children with Mental Illness Often End Up in ERs...
Despite mental health disorders being the most common reason for an ER visit among children, most ERs do not have ready access to child psychiatrists or pediatric inpatient facilities. By ChrisAnna...
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California Legislature Considers—Again—Bill to Help Poor Families Afford...
Monica Chacon says diapers for her sons, Max and Joel, are difficult to afford on top of all the family’s other needs. She says they often find themselves stretching diapers to afford food. Photo...
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