Obamacare’s Fresno Report Card

How the Rollout of the Affordable Care Act Could’ve Gone Better and the Challenges Ahead

Website “glitches.” Long wait times for enrollment. Confusion over changes to existing health insurance plans. Not exactly the start Affordable Care Act (ACA) supporters hoped for, but in the end, some 8 million Americans signed up for new (or at least different) health insurance by the April 15 deadline. “This thing is working,” President Obama announced. But how did it go on the ground in Fresno? While an approximately 200,000 people did not have health insurance in Fresno before Obamacare, the latest figures from Covered California, our state’s healthcare exchange, …

April 29, 2014

L.A.’s Rocking a New Healthcare Culture

Thanks to Obamacare, Southern California’s Immigrants Are Seeking the Coverage They Needed

by Joe Mathews | April 16, 2014

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 …

Welcome to the U.S.! Here’s Your Health Insurance Card!

How Obamacare Is Changing the Lives of L.A.’s Immigrants

April 14, 2014

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 …

How Obamacare’s Dividing My Family

My U.S.-Born Siblings Will Be Covered Under the New Law. My Undocumented Parents Won’t. And I Feel Like I’m in Limbo.

by Miguel Molina | April 14, 2014

I can’t remember the last time I had a medical check-up; I’m 20, and it’s been at least five years. When I was a little kid in South Los Angeles, …

Why Obamacare Is Rocking My World

It’s Cheaper. It’s Easier. And the Care Is the Same—At Least for My Family in Sacramento

by Micah Weinberg | February 7, 2014

In July of last year I first began planning to buy insurance for my family under the federal Affordable Care Act. Since then, I’ve reviewed my options on the Covered …

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