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Unos 60 nuevos estudiantes de medicina en la Universidad Charles R. Drew en el sur de Los Ángeles están haciendo historia con solo comenzar clases en la primera y única escuela de medicina en una institución históricamente negra al oeste del Mississippi. La escuela se ha asociado con la...
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Some 60 new medical students at Charles R. Drew University in South Los Angeles are making history just by starting classes at the first and only medical school at a historically Black institution west of the Mississippi. The school has partnered with the University of California-Los Angeles to offer...
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A medida que los niños regresan a la escuela en California, los expertos instaron a los padres a que los lleven a un examen físico y también a que les revisen la audición, la vista y los dientes. Un estudio del Urban Institute encontró que casi uno de cada...
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As children head back to school in California, experts urged parents to bring them in for a physical and get their hearing, vision, and teeth checked as well. A study from the Urban Institute found almost one in five parents delayed or skipped their children’s’ preventive visits during the pandemic, so...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Children’s advocacy groups are calling on senators to pass the Build Back Better Act, saying it will protect millions of children from losing their health coverage via the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and Medicaid, or Medi-Cal as it is known here. The bill would...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Grupos de defensa de los niños están pidiendo a los senadores que aprueben la Ley Build Back Better, diciendo que protegerá a millones de niños de perder cobertura médica a través del programa de Programa Seguro Médico para Niños, llamado CHIP, y Medicaid, o...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California lawmakers have just introduced a pair of bills that would extend Medi-Cal coverage to low-income, undocumented immigrant adults. A recent University of California, Berkeley study found California has three million uninsured adults – and 1.4 million of them are undocumented and could...
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NAPS More than a third of Californians receive health care through Medi-Cal, and while most members know that dental coverage is included, many do not use the benefit. The Medi-Cal Dental Program is working to change that with Smile, California, a new campaign to increase dental visits among eligible...
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Kristen Harper and David Murphey Child Trends On July 30th, 52 years ago, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicaid into law. As the program’s anniversary approaches this weekend, and Congress continues to debate its future, it may be unclear to many—especially those who are not Medicaid beneficiaries—how significant changes to Medicaid might...