Opinion: It’s Time to Address One of the Leading Causes of Health Care...
Health systems must acknowledge racism’s role in patient harm and medical errors. That starts with more systematically collecting race, ethnicity and other data on both patient health and patient...
View ArticleOpinion: Legislature Should Ban Insurance Language that Makes Vital...
As a physician, when a patient comes to me with an issue or illness that can be treated or even cured, my priority is to make sure they receive the correct and most effective treatment or medication....
View ArticleOpinion: A Solution For Keeping Kids Out of the ER: Making Sure They Have...
This winter, the U.S. experienced a dramatic increase in the number of children needing emergency medical care for respiratory infections. These events should renew attention to factors we can control...
View ArticleOpinion: How More California Children Can Get the Mental Health Care They...
Too many families must fight health plans to get mental health care for their children. The process to get care is often time-consuming, confusing and burdensome. That is why we are sponsoring Senate...
View ArticleAnalysis: When the Power Goes Out, These Devices Save Lives. More...
Our house lost power a few nights ago, during one of 2023’s record-setting storms. For our family, losing power is a medical emergency. But on this occasion, for the first time, I had access to a...
View ArticleOpinion: We Need to Talk More About Heart Disease in Women And Gender...
A woman dies every minute of heart disease in America. Yet the stereotypes about heart disease tend to suggest it is something that only affects men. Think back to the last time you saw a heart...
View ArticleAnalysis: Racism in Academic Medicine Is Hindering Progress Toward Health Equity
We cannot achieve health equity for Black patients without expanding the Black physician workforce. Medical institutions have yet to honestly examine and address how they perpetuate the problem of a...
View ArticleCan Cash Payments Improve the Health of Pregnant People and Children?
Guaranteed income programs across California are working with pregnant women and families in an effort to break the cycle of poverty-driven health disparities. Pregnant women and their babies are...
View ArticleOpinion: How to Address the Crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People
For far too long, missing and murdered Native people haven’t received the attention they deserve from law enforcement and government agencies across the state. Instead, their cases have often been...
View ArticleI’m Letting the Healing Begin By Sharing My Story
I survived verbal and physical abuse throughout my childhood and much of my early adulthood. Now, as part of my journey to heal those wounds, I am working to prevent domestic violence and child abuse...
View ArticleOpinion: Real-Time Hospital Notifications Could Transform California Health Care
Among the thousands of patients Dr. Donald Rebhun has seen at his primary care practice in the San Fernando Valley, stories that stand out in his memory include cases where he was able to make a timely...
View ArticleI Had Already Walked That Road:’ How One Woman Is Helping Survivors of Violence
Maury Danielle studied the flyer about a missing woman that a friend had shared on Facebook. Something about it was wrong, she thought. The woman's husband had created the flyer and was calling for...
View ArticleOpinion: I’m Working Two Jobs Because California Doesn’t Pay Enough For This...
For families like mine, California’s In-Home Supportive Services program is a lifeline. But the IHSS lifeline is fraying as the cost of living soars. The IHSS pay rate for caregiving has barely inched...
View ArticleAnalysis: Day Cares for Medically Fragile Children Are Closing. Here’s How to...
Children who need medically intensive care cannot attend traditional day care programs. California has an option for these kids, called Pediatric Day Health and Respite Care facilities. But the amount...
View ArticleOpinion: It’s Time to Secure More Medicaid Funding … Not Cut It
Amid the federal debt ceiling talks, some lawmakers have their eyes set on cutting Medicaid funding. That would be an ill-advised and costly mistake for everyone, not just for the vulnerable...
View ArticleHow to Keep Your Family’s Medi-Cal Benefits
During the pandemic, California and other states didn’t require people to renew their membership Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in California. That changed on April 1, when California began sending out...
View ArticleOpinion: We Need to Keep Free School Meals
California has become a model for ensuring schools can provide nutritious breakfast and lunch for all students without accruing district debt and stigmatizing students whose families can’t afford to...
View ArticleOpinion: The Climate Crisis Reaffirms the Need for Domestic and Sexual...
When inclement weather results in a state of emergency, survivors live in constant fear and uncertainty. It is critical that legislators understand the myriad impacts of domestic violence and natural...
View ArticleFor Medically Fragile Kids, Access to Palliative Care Depends on Family...
For children with complex medical needs, palliative care can offer physical relief and also support to families. However, systemic failures such as a shortage of places that offer palliative care...
View ArticlePunishing Families: The Need To Reimagine Child Welfare In LA County
When mothers experiencing domestic violence call the police for help, they find that responding law enforcement officers are quick to involve the child welfare system. Once involved, social workers...
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