California’s initiative to overhaul the Medi-Cal program is genuinely ambitious. Known as CalAIM, it is built around the idea ...

This is the reality of millions of non-, unreliable and minimal speakers living with autism. This is the reality of living ...

Shari Horne didn’t have high hopes when her aunt arranged a blind date for her in 1998. But Shari and her date, Hal, ended up falling in love. Now, more than 25 years after they vowed to be there for ...

In California, the ability to move safely and confidently is often treated as a personal responsibility rather than a public health issue. For many older adults, especially those with low incomes, ...

A volunteer at the Hollywood Food Coalition helps box up meals for low-income residents. Photo courtesy of the Hollywood Food Coalition After a series of strokes left 57-year-old Cuc “Patty” Dao ...

Medically tailored groceries are just one of the more creative methods advocates are using to get food to the most vulnerable Californians, including those who are disabled or elderly. With federal ...

State leaders estimate that the federal Medicaid cuts will force 3.4 million Californians out of our version of the program, known as Medi-Cal. But we do not have to sit idly by and wait for the ...

A new study by the Health Access Resource Center shows that 28.6 percent of residents 18 to 64 are uninsured. That’s compared to 21.3 percent nationwide, according to the 2011 National Health ...

The daily news is filled with disturbing social trends portending awful consequences around the corner, next year or for generations to come. The economy is sluggish, our safety net is unraveling, ...

California’s 23-campus state university system can’t seem to function as it is currently structured. The system’s centralized administration is doing more harm than good. Maybe we should blow it apart ...

The final installment of this five-part series about Los Angeles County’s unique Maternal Health Diversion Program explores the pressing need for LA’s Office of Diversion and Reentry to scale up its ...

May 6 marks World Asthma Day, and it also marks the release of a major study on climate, the National Climate Assessment. The timing may be coincidental, but the connection isn’t: climate change ...