Key provisions of federal health care reform promise to extend coverage to hundreds of thousands of Orange County’s low-income residents. But as the deadline looms, many questions remain unanswered.
Tag: Obamacare
Posted inHealth & Wellness, Top Stories
Local Organizations Lose Out on Grants for Obamacare Outreach
A coalition of Orange County community organizations and health clinics say they won’t have the funding to do crucial outreach and education on the new health care law.
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Test Program for Dual Eligible Patients Set to Begin in October
The eight-county test program for those covered by both Medicare and Medi-Cal is to be a test run before the Affordable Car Act goes into effect.
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State Says It’s Ready for Obamacare, but Overworked Doctors Don’t Agree
In less than a year, California will try to make good on Obamacare’s promise to deliver healthcare to 1 million more poor residents. Yet in some places it’s already difficult for poor people to find a doctor.
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‘Last Distraction’ Gone as State Moves Ahead on Obamacare
In the wake of President Obama’s re-election, California lawmakers say nothing can stop them from implementing the Affordable Care Act.
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Many in OC Will Still Be Uninsured Despite New Health Care Law
As many as 370,000 residents — about 13 percent — could remain without health insurance when the law takes full effect in 2014.
Posted inCountywide, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Decision Greenlights State’s Bold Moves for Health Care Reform
The $10 billion a year from the federal government is expected to extend health care coverage to 3 million more Californians and create jobs.
Posted inCommunity Opinion, Countywide, Health & Wellness
Community Editorial: Debating Health Care Funding at the Local Level
Isabel Becerra of the Coalition of OC Community Health Centers said county supervisors can get federal funds to expand clinics locally.
Posted inGovernment
Supervisors Approve HIV Testing
The board has voted against any program that can be tied to the national health law. State officials say there is no connection in this program.
Posted inGovernment, Health & Wellness, Investigative, Top Stories
Board of Supervisors Looking to Butt Heads Again With ‘Obamacare’
Tuesday they will consider changes to an AIDS services contract that could include money from the healthcare reform law.
