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Obamacare is changing addiction rehab, with health insurance companies and HMOs now required to cover treatment for addiction like any other disease. Private rehab centers like Betty Ford are looking to open mid-priced outpatient clinics, and high-priced private rehab centers could lose business.
In small towns in California's Ventura County, the number of children who are overweight or obese has reached nearly 48 percent, among the highest figures in the state. With the help of two activist groups, one group of students has resolved to do something about the problem.
The wells have run dry in one Central Valley community, prompting some to consider packing up and leaving. Other residents like Donna Johnson have volunteered to go door to door, delivering water by hand to residents in need.
A debate over the social and health costs of legal gambling has largely been sidelined even as availability has expanded dramatically in the last 25 years. This is not because of a lack of merit, say experts and activists, but because of the political power of the gambling industry. They allege that
Despite the Affordable Care Act, there are still millions of Californians without health insurance. Undocumented immigrants don’t qualify for Obamacare benefits, while many others find coverage still too expensive or face other obstacles in enrolling.
The Affordable Care Act has made it easier to obtain drug addiction treatment services like methadone in California, but access to detox centers remains limited.
A pilot program in Pittsburgh, Penn. that uses nurses and pharmacists to follow-up with patients after they leave the hospital has significantly lowered readmission rates, improved the health of thousands, and saved $41 million at six hospitals in its first two years alone.
Video: Peter V. Lee, executive director of Covered California, sat down with Vida en el Valle to talk about the health insurance exchange's rollout and the lessons learned from reaching out to the Latino community.
Sonoma County is known for its posh wineries, natural beauty and upscale living. But in some parts of the county, the quality of life is lower than in Mississippi.
