Asurvey conductedby the California Health Care Foundation late last year found that 30% of Spanish speakers have difficulty explaining their health issues and concerns to a doctor, compared with 16% of English speakers. Health equity advocates say AI will help close that gap. “This technology is...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some of the lowest-paid health care workers inCaliforniawill get a pay bump Wednesday under astate lawgradually increasing their wages to at least $25 an hour. Workers at rural, independent health care facilities will start making a minimum of $...
as Essence Healthcare and United Healthcare closed out Medicare Advantage HMO plans in Santa Clara, San Mateo counties and elsewhere. While some found replacement medicare advantage plans, manyconsumersreturned to traditional Medicare (Parts A and B) and purchased asupplemental medigappolicy e.g. me...
Despite widespread chronic illness among the people that grow food in California—many struggle to access reliable healthcare. A new study from UC Merced Community and Labor Center sheds light on thechronic health issues, healthcare access, and workplace conditions that impact the well-being of Ca...
Nearly a decade after President Clinton turned "universal healthcare" into perhaps the most dreaded phrase in the American political vocabulary, the topic is beginning to reemerge in states nationwide.In the past few months, Maine has created a state board to draw up proposals for universal care...
The triple standard is part of why healthcare outcomes consistently disappoint. The solution is to create one set of standards for all decision-makers within healthcare. Implementation of the Figure-of-Eight Learning Loop can help.J. Deane Waldman...
Through its National Center on Caregiving, FCA offers information on current social, public policy and caregiving issues and provides assistance in the development of public and private programs for caregivers. For residents of the greater San Francisco Bay Area, FCA provides direct family support serv...
California Democratic gubernatorial candidates John Chiang, Delaine Eastin, Gavin Newsom and Antonio Villaraigosa are in Anaheim to discuss healthcare issues at a forum hosted by the National Union of Healthcare Workers. The candidates will be asked questions by Times reporter Me...
Project 2025, the 900-page conservative playbook for the next Republican president, issues an ultimatum for California: track and report abortion data to the federal government or risk losing billions in Medicaid funding for reproductive health. California is one of only three states that ...