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NewsUCSD Medical Center pays penalty over immigrant discrimination
Following a lawsuit by the Justice Department, the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Medical Center will pay a civil penalty of $115,000, resolving last month's complaint that alleged UCSD Read more...
CBO estimates 23 million will remain uninsured after health reform
Although the Congressional Budget Office estimates that the healthcare overhaul will eventually cover 32 million more Americans, it admits that about 23 million people will still be left out of Read more...
Healthcare for immigrants costs less than for U.S. citizens, study finds
It actually costs less to provide healthcare to immigrants in the U.S. than it does to provide care to U.S. citizens, a study published in the journal Health Affairs reveals. However, the study also Read more...
MA immigrants to lose state-subsidized coverage
Last week, 30,000 legal immigrants in Massachusetts were told they would be losing their state-subsidized health coverage at the end of this month, and would receive "patchwork" replacement coverage, Read more...
Physicians shortage cramping even insureds' access to their care
With the primary-care shortage growing steadily worse, it's becoming more and more the case that simply having medical insurance is no guarantee of having easy access to primary-care services, Read more...
Study: 1M Californians per year get care in Mexico
Well, here's a medical tourism tidbit that deserves more attention: According to a new UCLA study appearing in the journal Medical Care, almost a million California residents seek medical care in Read more...
CA passes law requiring health plans to provide interpreters
California has passed a new law, believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., that requires health insurers to provide an interpreter for patients with poor English skills. The law, which took Read more...
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