Reporter Vicki Gonzalez spent the past year on this series as a recipient of the 2018 California Fellowship with USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism.
Health Insurance and Costs
"I am often asked why public health should care about the role of the court and who sits on it. The answer is simple: Court rulings can support or overturn policies that dramatically affect the public’s health."
A recent CNN story about an insurer denying coverage for proton beam therapy is a classic case of the media hyping an unproven, costly treatment.
He used to sleep in a bed. In a home. That was until Hurricane Harvey struck, when the 70-year-old lost his home and almost everything he owned.
This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg. ...
Last Tuesday, nearly 100 people gathered in Jackson to connect with their neighbors around a troubling statistic: Amador County has the third-highest suicide rate in California.
“How are we as consumers supposed to negotiate with this giant entity over a bill?” asks one critic of recent media coverage.
This work is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....
This work is supported by a grant from the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism Impact Fund....
This story was produced as a project for the 2018 California Fellowship, a program of the Center for Health Journalism at USC Annenberg.