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Project: Proposed bill aims to keep doctors in Central Valley

To encourage more doctors to work in underserved areas, state Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, proposed a bill for the Steven M. Thompson Medical School Scholarship Program to help students pay for medical school. The bill, Assembly Bill 589, has a condition: The students contractually commit to work their first three years after residency in an underserved area.

Project: A lack of access to health care for the poor

Tulare County, a poor, semi-rural county in California's Central Valley, has a one-third of its population on Medi-Cal — California's version of Medicaid. This is more than any other county in the state, yet the resources to care for the Medi-Cal population are few.

Project: Tulare County ranks 44th in doctor-to-population ratio

A look into why Tulare County, a poor, semi-rural county in California's Central Valley, has a severe lack of physicians.

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Diving into the lack of health care resources in Tulare County
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Project: Proposed bill aims to keep doctors in Central Valley

To encourage more doctors to work in underserved areas, state Assemblyman Henry Perea, D-Fresno, proposed a bill for the Steven M. Thompson Medical School Scholarship Program to help students pay for medical school. The bill, Assembly Bill 589, has a condition: The students contractually commit to work their first three years after residency in an underserved area.

Project: A lack of access to health care for the poor

Tulare County, a poor, semi-rural county in California's Central Valley, has a one-third of its population on Medi-Cal — California's version of Medicaid. This is more than any other county in the state, yet the resources to care for the Medi-Cal population are few.

Project: Tulare County ranks 44th in doctor-to-population ratio

A look into why Tulare County, a poor, semi-rural county in California's Central Valley, has a severe lack of physicians.