Pediatric patients giving their health histories at the Center for Youth Wellness, a health clinic in the impoverished Bayview Hunter’s Point area of San Francisco, are asked for more than the usual details about allergies and current prescriptions.
Month: January 2016
For Christmas I was blessed with the perfect gift for a columnist on aging – the autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones. While many entertainers have resurrected careers long considered dormant, few have done so the way Jones has – by transforming himself from kitschy sex god into a contemporary pop icon who has worked with the likes electro-synth musicians The Art of Noise and legendary producer Wyclef Jean.
The 2010 documentary “Waiting for Superman” explores the failed American educational system, using Superman as the film’s central metaphor for the heroic measures needed to save a shattered school system. In California’s aging community, he’s also desperately needed.
California counties are building a patchwork of health plans to cover the last big group of uninsured residents: immigrants living here without legal documentation. With Californians enthusiastically taking advantage of the Affordable Care Act, the number of uninsured residents is plummeting.