Number of prescriptions written for Orange County’s poor has
increased by 123 percent since 2007.
At least 500,000 county residents are believed to lack health
insurance. Clinics like those staffed by Kaiser doctors and
volunteers help fill the need.
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People living on the streets in Orange County have few options
when they fall ill. A coalition of programs is working to improve
the situation.
Two surveys show that opinions on the health threat of obesity
and who is responsible for it depend on party affiliation.
This move shows that the Republican board is not shying away
from the highly partisan issue of national healthcare reform.
Nearly a third of those polled statewide rank obesity as top
health threat to kids. But low-income areas still put the epidemic
behind drug abuse.
Opinions on Brown proposal to limit doctor visits and
prescriptions aired at Assembly budget hearing.
The planning process in both cities is too heavily influenced by
out-of-town developers and needs to be more inclusive, says report
by an Orange County-based public policy advocacy group.
The local funds are part of an overall $227,603,786 statewide
grant.
Courts have previously ruled that states can’t make cuts in
federal program, but Brown is trying again this year.
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