Jim Mangia is the CEO of St. John’s Well Child and Family Center, a network of a dozen health centers that is one of L.A. County’s largest nonprofit healthcare providers. Before participating in a panel on what Obamacare will mean for L.A.’s immigrants, he explained why he ditched politics for public health and what disease he’d eradicate from L.A. given the opportunity.
As the first enrollees in the Affordable Care Act begin seeking care at my hospital, I wonder how my practice as a registered nurse will change. We’re told the goal …
Fresno County stands to gain a lot from Obamacare: It has high rates of poverty, a large population of uninsured residents, and a problem with doctor shortages. But these are …
I’m a Valley girl—I’ve lived in the San Joaquin Valley almost my entire life—and I’ve been a nursing instructor. That combination, according to state jobs statistics, is rare.
There is …
It’s still early to evaluate all the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Los Angeles and its immigrants, but public perception of and conversation about the law are …
Millions of Americans have enrolled in new health insurance plans because of the expansion in coverage offered by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. One …
It’s still early to evaluate all the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on Los Angeles and its immigrants, but public perception of and conversation about the law are …
At the exact moment President-elect Barack Obama proclaimed that “change has come to America,” I stood at the foot of my husband’s bed in the cardiac ICU of Mission Hospital …
If you try to understand Obamacare, you’re guaranteed to get a nation-sized headache. (I tried, and I did.) Federal and state government officials have a mess on their hands, and …
A year ago, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was launched with an abundance of promises to Californians: People with preexisting conditions would no longer be denied coverage from health insurance …
