The dentist on a van – who is a stand-up comedian in his off hours – helps low-income kids in rural Yuba County keep a happy, healthy smile.
Month: July 2012
Native plants revive one of Orange County’s few remaining natural habitats – and give Santa Ana residents a new place to appreciate nature.
Lisa Krieger soon learned how difficult end-of-life decisions can be. She was an only child, and deciding how far to go to try to extend her father’s life fell to her. “It is like being on a freeway of technology where you can’t find the exit ramps,” she says. “I learned the system is built to save people. It is easy to get care and very hard to say no.
By Daniel Weintraub
The Supreme Court decision last week upholding President Barack Obama’s health reform law clears the way for a transformation in the way millions of Californians will get their health insurance, and, ultimately, their care.
For the shrinking number of people who still receive insurance coverage as a benefit from their employers – mostly at big companies – the changes will be gradual at first, though still significant. And despite assurances from Obama, it is still not clear that most people will be able to keep the coverage they have today.
But for individuals who do not have insurance because they are unemployed, self-employed or working in places that do not offer health benefits, the change will be dramatic, fast and probably to their liking.