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Fears about deportation have kept many Latinos from signing up for health insurance in California. Although California has led the nation in sign-ups under the Affordable Care Act, the number of Latinos who have signed up has lagged in the state.
Health advocates and supporters in the state spoke with Vida en el Valle about Covered California's performance with Latino enrollment during the health care reform rollout in the state.
Peter Lee, executive director of Covered California, sat down with Vida en el Valle to talk about the health insurance exchange's first-year rollout and the lessons officials have learned from reaching out to the Latino community.
In Northern California's Shasta County, a growing number of young adults are consumed by heroin addiction. The problem has quickly grown in the past two years and, some say, is approaching methamphetamine’s popularity. The surge in drug use has fueled a rise in crime levels as well.
At the Cancer Resource Center of the Desert in San Diego's Imperial Valley, navigators help people come to grips with the complex and life-altering realities of cancer. Patients receive guidance on everything from talking with insurance companies and managing finances to coping with treatment.
Not long after Covered California opened for business last October to enroll residents on the state-run health exchange, it ran into problems and headaches that were more pronounced in the state's Latino community.
More than 200 kids attended camp on the San Joaquin River this summer in the Central Valley. Three years ago, a local trust started the camp in Firebaugh with the goal of changing the perception of the river and the health of the community.
The National Alliance on Mental Illness estimates that approximately one in five state jail prisoners have a recent history of a mental health condition. Jail health care officials say that it's one in four in Tulare County. A mental health court is trying to change that.
Like many Detroit mothers, ChaunTia Murray is young, single and caring for a baby with significant health problems. But in a city with high infant mortality and maternal death rates, she is involved in a program that could vastly improve the chances for Murray and her baby.
