While legal residents have increasingly found insurance coverage through the ACA, the picture remains bleak for the large number of undocumented Korean Americans living in California.
Community & Public Health
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.
Nearly four out of 10 uninsured residents say cost is the major reason they go without health coverage, according to new survey results
A truck driver’s battle over bills for emergency care and lab tests shines a spotlight on failure of nonprofit hospitals to offer uninsured patients “charity care.”
Direct Primary Care allows patients to pay a membership fee for basic health services, but it does not include coverage for major medical situations
Uninsured Californians have traditionally had few options when a mental health crisis strikes, but advocates throughout the state are working to change that
The bill would bring $2 million to an already-established state fund for valley fever vaccine research and create guidelines for how local, state and federal agencies report cases.
Valley fever killed six residents in 2016 and infected 1,905 others, a 62 percent surge over the number infected the year prior.
Experts in social behavior and public health focus on raising the public's valley fever awareness.
State senators will vote on a bill to enhance valley fever reporting guidelines and public outreach this week, to raise public awareness of valley fever in the southwestern United States.