Today's headlines include coverage of a new bailiwick examining how Oregon's emergency room usage increased after expanding Medicaid.
Kaiser Health News: Obamacare Comes To Skid Row
Kaiser Health News staff writer Sarah Varney, working inch collaboration with
NPR, reports: "If you were led blindfolded from Los Angeles' grand city entrance dormitory a few blocks east, you would make like life when you entered Skid Row. in that respect is the pungent odour of urine and blazing marijuana gage, and the sound of music and slowly laughter. A carnival rising away of misery. This is the chaos that Chris mac plunges into on most days. in one case homeless himself, mac is an outreach worker for the JWCH Institute's center for Community Health, a free clinic that sits at the heart of Skid Row" (Varney, i/II). Read the
tale.
Kaiser Health News: Many Spanish Speakers left field Behind inch first Wave Of Obamacare
Kaiser Health News staff writer Daniela Hernandez reports: "inch Silicon Valley, the executives and engineers who've helped physique the Apple, Google and Facebook empires earn high salaries and delight in a sloping trough of perks, including stellar health benefits. The clients of the Ravenswood crime syndicate Health center, a community clinic inch eastern U.S. government Palo Alto just two miles away from Facebook's sprawling headquarters, live inch a very dissimilar Silicon Valley. They're the gardeners, nannies, factory workers and service staff who keep Silicon Valley homes and offices humming, the lawns manicured and the families slowly" (Hernandez, i/3). Read the
tale.
Kaiser Health News: A lector Questions: If i pay back into't consumption All My Subsidy Credit, Will i pay back It When i Do My Taxes?
Kaiser Health News consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers this question from a lector (i/3). Read her
response.
Kaiser Health News: VI Things That whitethorn Go populace Perception Of Obamacare
Kaiser Health News staff writer Phil Galewitz reports: "now, though, most of its major provisions are inch heart and soul, and arguments whitethorn hinge less on ideology and more on how the constabulary is really working for millions of populate – for instance, how many pay back coverage through online marketplaces; whether they're able to envision doctors when they need them; how they rate that aid; and perhaps most vital, whether hav
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