Health care and disability rights advocates are gearing up to make sure politicians understand that there is no way to cut Medicaid without hurting people who need care. Sharing real people’s stories will be key to that effort. California Health Report’s disability rights columnist Jennifer McLelland offers her tips on how to tell your family’s story.

An estimated 50 percent of children in the United States do not receive regular dental care because of social, economic and geographic barriers to care. Mexican American and Black preschool children have a higher prevalence of cavities than their white peers. More than 50 percent of low-income adults and even 20 percent of …

The California Health Report partners with communities across the state to help solve health equity issues. Our mission is to report from communities that are disproportionately affected by inequality. We partner with communities of color, rural residents, low-income Californians, violence survivors, people with disabilities and many others to …

Nakenya Allen and her son Landon were featured in a story we did on families who are fighting racism and disability discrimination. Photo by Martin do Nascimento / Resolve Magazine Our stories win …

2024年4月9日 · Millions of Californians feel they can’t afford to address their health needs, whether through medication, doctor’s visits or insurance coverage. California’s new Office of Health Care Affordabilit…

In recent years, CalEPA has more explicitly acknowledged how environmental pollution disproportionately impacts Californians of color. But we are still waiting for decisive action to fix it. When California passed Senate bill 535 in 2012, it mandated that 25 percent of the proceeds generated from the resulting cap-and-trade program go to …

Although California has set high standards for controlling some chemicals in water, actual enforcement and removal of contaminants is generally slow, and frequently stymied by high treatment costs and antiquated water infrastructure. Meanwhile, polluters rarely have to answer for the health impacts their actions may have caused. Low-income communities of color are particularly hard hit, due to ...

Addressing adverse community experiences, which disproportionately burden communities of color and people with low incomes, must be an essential part of our strategy. In California, adverse community experiences are the result of underinvestment and disenfranchisement in too many neighborhoods, oftentimes rooted in racism or anti-immigrant bias.

California’s ambitious journey to reshape health care through the multiyear Medi-Cal reform effort known as California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) represents a profound leap forward. As someone with more than 30 years of experience in health care information technology, here are the strategies I believe can make CalAIM a success.

When dialing 911 for a medical emergency, the expectation is clear: Licensed health care providers, typically paramedics and emergency medical technicians, will arrive within minutes at your location, any time of the day or night.