Posts Tagged ‘Medi-Cal’
Richmond health centers facing big cuts from Congress
Congress missed its September 30 deadline to extend funding for community health centers. Now Richmond health centers are bracing for the worst, while advocates scramble for another solution.
Read MoreLocal health care professionals weigh in on implications of Trump presidency
Contra Costa health care professionals worry about what a Trump presidency will mean for those with federally funded health insurance.
Read MoreFormer Doctors Medical Center in contract to become hotel
The former Doctors Medical Center buildings in San Pablo are in contract to be sold to a boutique hotel operator based in Davis, California for $13.5 million. The board hopes that the money from the sale will help fill the district’s budget deficit and meet continuing financial obligations to former employees.
Read MoreState representatives discuss right to die, more money for schools, at Oakland event
On Friday morning, State Senator Loni Hancock (District 9) and State Assemblymen Rob Bonta (District 18) and Tony Thurmond (District 15) reported back from Sacramento on the broad range of issues they worked on in 2015. The key topics of conversation were education, healthcare and the state budget.
Read MoreNavigating the Affordable Care Act
Despite the government shutdown, open enrollment for health insurance begins today. About 5 million uninsured people are going to be newly eligible for insurance through Covered California, according to Morgan Westfall, a project coordinator with the Community Clinic Consortium, a group that advocates for nonprofit health clinics in Contra Costa and Solano counties. Another 2.6 million will qualify for subsidies.
Read MoreCommunity remembers ‘superhuman’ pediatrician Dr. William Jenkins
When Dr. William Jenkins Jr.’s home was threatened by the Oakland Hills fire of 1991, the last thing on his mind was saving his house. “All he cared about was saving one suit so he could go to work,” said Dr. Brian Blaisch, Jenkins’ former colleague and friend. “And that was literally the real meaning…
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