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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services Between June 2023 and May 2024, 15.5 million Medi-Cal enrollees — one-third of all Californians — will have their eligibility redetermined as part of the “great unwinding” of Medicaid enrollees underway nationwide. At a briefing held by EMS and California Black Media, state health...
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July is national minority mental health awareness month, spotlighting the unique struggles in health care settings for communities for color in the United States. Dr. Trenton James is a psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente in Seattle. He said Black people are less likely to receive treatment for mental illness. “Black Americans don’t...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service California families are paying way too much for child care, according to the 2023 Kids Count Data Book out this week from the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The new report showed single mothers in California pay 31% of the average median income for family-based...
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Casi la mitad de todos los cursos de los colegios comunitarios son impartidos por profesores de medio tiempo, y un nuevo acuerdo laboral significa que ahora el profesorado adjunto de los colegios comunitarios de Los Angeles tendrá una atención medica accesible. El acuerdo, anunciado el viernes, otorgara a los...
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Almost half of all community college courses are taught by part-time instructors, and a new labor agreement means adjunct faculty at community colleges in Los Angeles will get affordable health care. The deal, announced Friday, will give part-time faculty the same contribution – about $1,300 a month – as...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Brian Iv works in a factory in Orange County, earning around $26 per hour. He suffers chronic pain from a lifetime of manual labor jobs and previous workplace injuries, but often treats the pain with home remedies or traditional Cambodian practices. Going to the doctor is...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Living on the streets of California is a deadly affair. The life expectancy of an unsheltered person is 50, according to national estimates, nearly 30 years less than that of the average Californian. As homelessness spirals out of control throughout the state, so too do deaths on the street, but...
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When Kathie Moehlig’s 11-year-old son decided to transition in 2012, she says not one doctor in San Diego was willing to treat him. “When I called to make appointments, they kept telling me: ‘We don’t treat kids like that here,’” Moehlig said. But she continued making calls, eventually breaking...
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The languid season of summer is underway, beckoning with promises of late-night bonfires at the beach, ephemeral romances, and lounging by the pool with a cold bevvy at hand. But some parents may wonder whether it is safe to let their kids jump back into the water, especially with...