When a youth is accused of a crime in Kentucky, an adult has to make a choice in nearly every step that follows. And a disproportionate number of the youth denied a second chance are black.
Healthcare Systems & Policy
It could be a big year for Medicaid expansion. Virginia is expanding its program to include single adults, a change made possible by Obamacare; a judge recently ordered Maine’s governor do so, and ballot initiatives in four other states could lead further expansions. But the biggest wave of change i
“This is really an issue that you can explore in your state no matter what,” said WSJ health policy reporter Stephanie Armour.
With the support of the California Wellness Foundation, the Center for Health Journalism at the USC Annenberg School of Journalism has awarded $30,000 in reporting grants from its new Impact Fund.
One solution to allay the high numbers may be a pilot project the Los Angeles County Fire Department is trying out: a “health care on wheels.”
A Los Angeles County Fire Department pilot project is testing out a a mobile integrated health care unit. The goal is to see if a “healthcare on wheels” model can help alleviate crowded emergency departments
Emergency departments at three hospitals stood out in all of California as the ones that were the most visited in 2016. They couldn’t be more different.
ER visits grew an average of 4 percent every year from 2010 to 2016.
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Journalists are playing a key role in highlighting outrageous health care price tags. Why this flood of stories now? And will they make a difference?
The legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act roared back to life last week, when the U.S. Justice Department announced it would no longer defend crucial parts of the law against a suit filed by Texas and 19 other conservative states. The Trump administration argues that the individual mandate and