Despite significant health equity progress, stakeholders say California needs to do more
In spite of California’s historic health equity investments this year, advocates say more must be done to address inequities in the [...]
Will your family doctor start giving COVID vaccines? A new California effort encourages it
Despite accounting for about 40% of the state population, Latinos in California represent half of the state’s reported COVID-19 cases [...]
Advocates to Gov. Newsom: Racial Disparities Are a Public Health Crisis
Despite the plan to increase spending on leveling the playing field in health care, a dozen community-based organizations want [...]
Time to back AB 1038, which steers services to hard-hit Latino, immigrant communities
LCHC Opinion Editorial: Although the health impacts of the pandemic are subsiding, the devastating socioeconomic impacts on [...]
California Latinos are behind in COVID-19 vaccinations. Here’s what is holding them back
Latinos were also the least likely to sign up for a vaccine appointment online. Of those who did or [...]
Undocumented seniors would be eligible for California health care in Gavin Newsom’s budget
Medi-Cal coverage for undocumented adults, between the ages of 26 and 59, is not part of Newsom’s budget proposal, [...]
Health Equity Fund Bill Clears First Policy Committee
“AB 1038 would support partnerships among community-based organizations, community clinics, tribal organizations, and local health departments that serve underserved [...]
Covered California opens special enrollment period
Covered California is supporting the new special-enrollment period by taking the unprecedented action of treating the months of April [...]
Covered California Opens the Doors for Millions of Californians to Benefit From Lower Health Care Premiums, Save Money and Stimulate the Economy Through the American Rescue Plan
Covered California is supporting the new special-enrollment period by taking the unprecedented action of treating the months of April [...]
STATE DROPS AGE FOR COVID SHOT, NONPROFITS DEMAND BIGGER ROLE
Dr. Jeffrey Reynoso, executive director of the Latino Coalition for a Healthy California, said the state’s vaccine expansion has the [...]










