Jacqueline García

Language barriers mean indigenous farmworkers and their families often don’t know about available health services or are afraid to risk a clinic visit.

Immigration activists advocate for paid time off for undocumented home caregivers who work with clients who are already ill and vulnerable to infection.

Many jornaleros at a day labor center in downtown Los Angeles have barely seen any work for the last two weeks due to COVID-19.

With the extension to enroll in the Covered California state plan about to be over, some consumers have mixed feelings about the affordability of health insurance, even with the new state subsidies available.

Lawyers fighting the ban say the “new requirement rewrites our immigration and health care laws” and will affect the entry of up to 375,000 individuals each year.

Some Southern California clinics and health centers are borrowing the “sanctuary” concept from religious groups and some California cities by presenting themselves as safe zones from immigration enforcement.

En lugares conocidos popularmente como “callejones” o en el área de MacArthur Park es fácil encontrar alternativas a los medicamentos con receta. Los clientes son habitualmente personas que no pueden comprar los medicamentos recetados debido a los altos precios y/o la falta de seguro médico.

With health care leading much of California’s legislative agenda, a state program that connects people to health services has become a vital gateway for millions of uninsured residents.