Samantha Young California awarded the Medi-Cal Rx program to a unit of Magellan Health, a company with expertise in pharmacy benefits and mental health. But Magellan was then gobbled up by industry giant Centene Prescription drug costs for California’s massive Medicaid program were draining the state budget, so in 2019 Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the… Continue reading California Handed Its Medicaid Drug Program to One Company. Then Came a Corporate Takeover
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Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires
As wildfires grow more frequent, so do concerns for wine country field workers, who can face conditions that jeopardize their health, wages and housing. Farm laborers in yellow safety vests walked through neatly arranged rows of grapes Friday, harvesting the last of the deep purple bundles that hung from the vines, even as the sky… Continue reading Farmworkers Face Daunting Health Risks In California’s Wildfires
‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare in US As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate
Anna Gorman Infectious diseases — some that ravaged populations in the Middle Ages — are resurging in California and around the country, and are hitting homeless populations especially hard. Jennifer Millar keeps trash bags and hand sanitizer near her tent, and she regularly pours water mixed with hydrogen peroxide on the sidewalk nearby. Keeping herself… Continue reading ‘Medieval’ Diseases Flare in US As Unsanitary Living Conditions Proliferate
Billions In ‘Questionable Payments’ Went To California’s Medicaid Insurers And Providers
Chad Terhune In February, a federal watchdog estimated that California had signed up 450,000 people under Medicaid expansion who may not have been eligible for coverage. California’s Medicaid program made at least $4 billion in questionable payments to health insurers and medical providers over a four-year period because as many as 453,000 people were ineligible for the… Continue reading Billions In ‘Questionable Payments’ Went To California’s Medicaid Insurers And Providers
Proposed Law Would Require All California Children To Be Screened For Lead
Ana B. Ibarra Growing national concern about lead poisoning in children has prompted a California lawmaker to introduce legislation to ensure that all of the state’s kids are tested for the toxic metal. The bill, introduced by Assemblyman Bill Quirk (D-Hayward), would change the state’s Health and Safety Code to require testing for all children ages 6… Continue reading Proposed Law Would Require All California Children To Be Screened For Lead
65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river
Learn more about the San Joaquin River and take action to restore its health at AmericanRivers.org At 85 years old, organic raisin farmer and lifelong river advocate Walt Shubin is not slowing down. He has dedicated the last 65 years of his life to restoring California’s once-mighty San Joaquin River to the wild glory he… Continue reading 65 years, a person spent restoring a Californian river