It can be very difficult to find long-term care in California, and it’s even harder for families without a nest egg to pay for it. That spells trouble, because California is getting older.
Health Insurance and Costs
Why does one of the wealthiest countries in the world make its most vulnerable citizens choose between food or shelter?
A look at how the country’s two biggest states have insured their kids helps explain why nearly 4 million American children remain without health coverage.
A San Diego Business Journal examination, which included multiple public records requests, revealed the extent of the patient backlog.
Support for Curcio’s reporting on this project also came from the Fund for Journalism on Child Well-Being, a program of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California.
Hospitals are expected to divert more of those savings back into their communities via public health programs since the ACA was passed. But are they?
April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.
“For supporters of the ACA, we dodged a bullet,” said UCLA's Gerald Kominski. “However, just because the Dems won the House does not mean the ACA is safe at all.”
April Xu wrote this story while participating in the 2018 National Data Fellowship.
Did the media learn anything from covering previous rounds of health reform during the Clinton and Obama eras? You wouldn't necessarily think so from reading recent coverage, argues Trudy Lieberman.