El gobernador Brown, defensores de salud en desacuerdo sobre la expansión de Medi-Cal
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 24, 2013
Defensores de salud dicen que California no debe esperar que sus condados asuman la carga de la expansión de Medi-Cal.
Categories: NAM en Español
Tags: jerrybrown, medi-calexpansion, obamacare
Report: Medicaid Cuts Would Harm Minorities
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Oct 18, 2011
A new report shows that GOP-proposed Medicaid cuts would especially harm low-income black and Latino patients.
Categories: African American, Elders, Health, Latino, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: affordablecareact, congress, democraticgovernors, familiesusa, GOP, healthaccess, laraza, medi-cal, medicaid, naacp, reppaulryan, supercommitee
Obama’s Health Care Cuts Don’t Worry Advocates -- Yet
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Sep 21, 2011
The biggest concern is not what is in the president’s proposal, but what might come out of a negotiation with Congressional Republicans.
Categories: Economy, Health, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
Tags: cutstomedicaid, cutstomedicare, healthcarecuts, obamahealthcare, obamamedicaid, obamamedicare
U.S. Pharmaceutical Companies Testing Drugs on India’s Poor
New America Media, Interview, Posted: Aug 01, 2011
Drug companies are experimenting on poor people in India and elsewhere without their informed consent. NAM interviewed Al Jazeera’s reporter on the story.
Categories: Health, International Affairs, Intersections, Original NAM Content, Science & Technology, South Asian, Top Stories
Tags: bhopal, ceravix, climicalresearch, clinicaltrials, departmentofjustice, drugcompanies, gardasil, globaleconomy, india, merck, poverty, publiccitizen
Nannies and Housekeepers on Brink of Getting Basic Rights
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Jun 07, 2011
California is on the verge of granting basic protections to domestic workers, a largely immigrant and female work force.
Categories: Gender & Sexuality, Health, Immigration, Latino, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: ammiano, domesticworker, domesticworkersbill
Dental Care Crisis Draws Thousands to Free Medical Clinic
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Apr 12, 2011
The Oakland Coliseum has been jammed with low-income patients seeking free dental and medical care—exposing the richest state’s Third World status.
Categories: Health, Original NAM Content, Photo Galleries, Top Stories
Tags: dentalcare, healthcare, healthfair, medicalcare, remoteareamedical, uninsured, visioncare
One Year Later, Health Care Reform Benefits 100,000 Californians
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 23, 2011
Health care experts take a look at who has benefited from the health care reform law in its first year.
Categories: Health, Top Stories
Tags: healthcarereformlaw, healthreform
Former U.S. Soldier Told He Has No Country
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Mar 03, 2011
After spending nine years in the U.S. Army, Ramdeo Chankar Singh now faces deportation.
Categories: Caribbean, Immigration, Law & Justice, Top Stories
Tags: army, immigration, law, soldier, undocumented
How the Midterm Elections Could Affect Health Care Reform
New America Media, Question & Answer, Posted: Nov 06, 2010
The GOP is spreading misinformation that Obama's health care law is a spending bill, when it actually will reduce the deficit.
Categories: Economy, Front Page, Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Politics & Governance, Top Stories
New Health Law: More Doctors, Better Prevention, Lower Costs, Shorter Lines
New America Media, News Report, Posted: Sep 07, 2010
Thanks to health-care reform, starting this month all new insurance plans must offer vaccines, routine checkups, and cancer screening at no cost to patients.
Categories: Health, Multi-ethnic, Original NAM Content, Top Stories
Tags: health care, health reform, Obama health reform, PPACA