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Black infant mortality: An international perspective
Author profile: John M. GonzalesIn December, I wrote a series of articles with the San Francisco Chronicle that amounted to a tale of two counties in the fight against African American infant...
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There's no stopping the health transparency revolution
Author profile: David WestphalThe transparency movement in health care looks unstoppable now.The latest exhibit was a big one -- Wednesday’s release of national hospital data showing prices for 100...
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A journey into the potential of big medical data
Author profile: John M. GonzalesMy colleagues and I embarked on a data pilgrimage last week -- the good ships of Southwest Airlines standing in for the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria. Our destination: the...
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Nurses’ Association approaches Obamacare with hope – and concerns
While we all focus on the changes Obamacare will surely bring to primary care and hospitals, ground zero in the brave new world of health reform may well rest somewhere else, somewhere closer.That’s...
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News nonprofits: The growth story continues
Author profile: David WestphalIn 2009, shortly after I joined the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, I wrote a short paper about the rise of foundation-funded news nonprofits. In...
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Obamacare employer penalties not so simple
Author profile: Kelley WeissThere’s been a lot of speculation about what will happen next year when businesses have to offer workers health insurance or pay a fine under Obamacare. Will they just take...
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Searching for health care coverage in Kansas
I found myself recently in Topeka, Kansas, my hometown, but not for an exercise in nostalgia.I was there to offer observations and reflections about the Center’s history, process and purpose to a group...
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Obamacare employer mandate delay surprise, what's it mean?
Author profile: Kelley WeissAfter today’s bombshell announcement by the Obama Administration that it is delaying the employer mandate for a year, we’re all digesting what’s next for businesses and...
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Feds ease income verification for exchanges
Author profile: Kelley WeissThe federal government recently said states won’t have to verify the personal income of people receiving Obamacare, at least not in the beginning.The regulation change came...
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CA teen births continue to drop. Still high in San Joaquin Valley
Author profile: Lauren M. WhaleyToday’s teenagers aren’t having as many babies as their counterparts did 10 and 20 years ago.For every 1,000 babies born in California in 2011, 28 of them were born to...
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The measure of health reform’s success, or failure, found at the ER
Author profile: John M. GonzalesLast year, I partnered with U-T San Diego to write a five-day series on the city’s efforts to reduce frequent use, even abuse, of the city’s 911 system.Now, members of...
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Can I keep my doctor under Obamacare?
Author profile: Kelley WeissWhen it comes to the federal health care law, there’s a burning question on most people’s minds -- “Can I keep my doctor?”For many people the answer is yes.But it’s...
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Recession (still) impacting Medi-Cal expansion
Author profile: Lauren M. WhaleyIt may now be in our rearview mirror, but the Great Recession is impacting California’s Medi-Cal expansion, slated to start with Obamacare in January.According to a new...
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Anthem Blue Cross in rural California
Author profile: John M. GonzalesHealth insurer Anthem Blue Cross may have drawn the ire of regulators, not to mention customers, with a planned rate hike earlier this year.And the insurer doubled down...
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Who knows Obamacare? Not even experts
Author profile: Emily BazarUp for some bedtime reading?Try settling in with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. This version of the act is 906 pages. An...
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Small business employees might be on their own after Obamacare
Author profile: Kelley WeissToday about half of small businesses in California offer health insurance.After Obamacare hits, that number might not increase very much. That’s because some small...
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Update: Midwifery bill moves on to governor’s desk
Author profile: Lauren M. WhaleyAfter months of negotiations, including major amendments added just a week ago, a bill aiming to improve care for women giving birth outside the hospital passed...
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Community engagement: The Center breaks new ground
I was nervous, worried and excited. We all were. This was new territory for our shop.The Center had rarely attempted direct community engagement before, and never with this level of commitment. But...
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Covered CA's Day One: Little sign of drugstore help
On Covered California’s first day, a lot of people are searching for information. One place they might NOT want to go is their local drugstore.At least that’s the impression I’m left with after a quick...
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Shopping for insurance outside of Covered California
Author profile: Kelley WeissThe health exchange – Covered California – is open for business and all over the news. But many Californians won’t land there to buy insurance.Instead they’ll turn to...
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Medical interpreters, or child translators? California may have an answer
Author profile: John M. GonzalesAs President Obama’s health law pushes through the government shutdown, California officials are looking for ways to leverage funding and make the sprawling effort work...
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How to shop for an assisted living home
Author profile: Deborah SchochSince our “Deadly Neglect” series published last month with U-T San Diego, readers across California have been asking the same critical question: How can we find assisted...
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How Willie Miles died: The rest of the story
Author profile: Deborah SchochLast week brought a resolution of sorts to a horrific story of a patient’s death following knee surgery at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center near Torrance in...
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Old newspaper front page reveals President Clinton grappling with...
Author profile: Richard KiplingI’m cleaning out my garage and stumble on a huge bag of old newspapers I’ve saved over the years. I find myself staring at a front page of the Los Angeles Times.Date:...
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Watch Out for the Cliff in Obamacare
Author profile: Roger SmithFor the 38 million Americans aged 55 to 64, there is much to like about the Affordable Care Act. But there is also a trap door that could cost some of them thousands of...
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Paradox: Latinos like Obamacare, but enrollment lags
Author profile: Richard KiplingA USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times Poll last month noted that California’s Latinos overwhelmingly favor Obamacare Not surprising news. Since the passage of the act, experts...
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Lead paint’s harm: A judge’s ruling may benefit thousands of poor children
Author profile: Richard KiplingIt took 13 years and far too much paint licked by youngsters like Antonio for mitigation monies to be ordered, but this week a judge potentially changed the lives of...
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Can young invincibles clear Obamacare's hurdles?
Cody Drabble, 28, initially considered himself one of the “young invincibles,” a member in good standing of the younger generation who are reportedly crucial to the success of the Affordable Care...
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Journalism steps up
It’s not often that I yearn to see our state Legislature in action, but I was drawn to tune in to cable Tuesday morning to watch the Human Services Committee Joint Legislative Hearing.The 4-hour...
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California Assembly favors better dental care for poor children -- and...
MediaPrimary Image: Home PagePromote to Home Page Blog Box: No Home Page Text: The California Assembly last month voted overwhelmingly to support the Virtual Dental Home. The bill is now in Senate...
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