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One Woman’s Apology to President Obama
President Obama signs health care reform law. (Photo: White House) Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece from Spike Dolomite Ward, a San Fernando Valley woman who ended up...
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7 Things Health Care Reform Has Already Accomplished
(Flickr: Adrian Clark) Health Care Reform won’t be fully implemented for another two years, but the key here is “fully.” Some changes are already in effect. The problem, as a recent poll from the...
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High-Risk Insurance Pool Helps … But What About Cost?
By: Kamal Menghrajani Because people who enroll in the pool have been uninsured, there is pent-up demand for health care, experts say. (D. Sharon Pruitt: Flickr) Thousands of California’s sickest...
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Uninsured–and Still Against the Health Law
Libertarian Paul Ruffino, 55, has been looking for an insurance plan since leaving his previous job. Several insurance companies refuse to cover him because he has pre-existing conditions. (Photo:...
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One in Ten California Veterans are Uninsured
One in ten California veterans lack health insurance. (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) Ten percent of California veterans don’t have health insurance or don’t use Veterans Affairs (V.A.) care. That’s...
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Field Poll: Strong Statewide Support for Health Care Law
Supporters demonstrate in favor of the Affordable Care Act on June 28, 2012 when the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on the health care overhaul. (SEIU International: Flickr) While Americans as a...
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Days Away From Signing-up, Many Californians Still Don’t Understand Obamacare
Women knit as they attend a Senior Information & Resource Fair in South Gate, California September 10, 2013 . The event included a discussion of how the Affordable Care Act, also called ‘Obamacare’...
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New Bill Would Extend Health Coverage to Undocumented Immigrants
(Getty Images) Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News In a push to cover immigrants excluded from the nation’s health reform law, a California state senator has proposed legislation that would offer health...
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Memo to Washington: Lessons Learned From California’s Obamacare Rollout
Certified specialist helps a consumer apply to Covered California at a free enrollment fair at Pasadena City College. (David McNew/Getty Images) At the same time that California was releasing its...
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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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Despite Obamacare, Why Some Choose to Skip Health Insurance
Scott Belsha says he opted out of buying health insurance because he has never had it and has managed to stay healthy (Stephanie O’Neill/NPR). By Stephanie O’Neill, NPR Despite a surge in enrollment in...
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Survey: 3 Million Californians Newly Insured Under Obamacare
Under the Affordable Care Act Sandra Lopez, 41, owner of Las Fajitas in Newport Beach, obtained health insurance for the first time since arriving in the U.S. in 1990. (Heidi de Marco/Kaiser Health...
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Remaining Uninsured Face Challenges in Cost and Simply Signing Up
Leaburn Alexander works two jobs and does not have health insurance. Here, he is on the start of his 3-hour commute home from the job he works as an overnight hotel janitor. (Lisa Morehouse/KQED) By...
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One Woman’s Apology to President Obama
President Obama signs health care reform law. (Photo: White House) Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece from Spike Dolomite Ward, a San Fernando Valley woman who ended...
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7 Things Health Care Reform Has Already Accomplished
(Flickr: Adrian Clark) Health Care Reform won’t be fully implemented for another two years, but the key here is “fully.” Some changes are already in effect. The problem, as a recent poll from the...
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High-Risk Insurance Pool Helps … But What About Cost?
By: Kamal Menghrajani Because people who enroll in the pool have been uninsured, there is pent-up demand for health care, experts say. (D. Sharon Pruitt: Flickr) Thousands of California’s sickest...
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Survey: More Previously Uninsured Californians Gained Coverage
Just over two-thirds of Californians who did not have health insurance before the Affordable Care Act went into full effect in 2014 are now covered, according to a survey from the Kaiser Family...
View Article2 Million Uninsured Californians Are Eligible for Obamacare Benefits
In advance of the Nov. 1 start of open enrollment for Covered California, new numbers show that just over half of the state’s remaining uninsured are eligible for health insurance coverage under the...
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Mobile Clinics Serve California’s Growing Homeless Youth Population
Dr. Seth Ammerman listens intently to his new patient. Ernesto, who does not want his last name disclosed, is homeless. Ernesto is earning a high school degree and working part time, but at night, he...
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