KALW: California is Now Vaccinating About a Million Residents a Week. But is it Equitable? (February 22, 2021) As counties across the state speed up “California is Now Vaccinating About a Million Residents a Week. But is it Equitable?”
Category: Health Equity
What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine?
AARP: What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine? (February 17, 2021) The latest data analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) shows “What’s Race Got to Do with Getting your COVID-19 Vaccine?”
A Big Hurdle for Older Americans Trying to Get Vaccinated: Using the Internet
Vox: A Big Hurdle for Older Americans Trying to Get Vaccinated: Using the Internet (January, 27 2021) The United States is racing to vaccinate millions of “A Big Hurdle for Older Americans Trying to Get Vaccinated: Using the Internet”
California Debates Speed vs. Equity in Vaccine Distribution Plan
KQED: California Debates Speed vs. Equity in Vaccine Distribution Plan (January 21, 2021) An ambitious plan tailored to deliver coronavirus vaccines to California’s most vulnerable “California Debates Speed vs. Equity in Vaccine Distribution Plan”
Elderly Advocates Concerned About COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Homebound Patients
ABC News: Elderly Advocates Concerned About COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Homebound Patients (January 16, 2021) Mass vaccinations sites could help speed up vaccinations for some, “Elderly Advocates Concerned About COVID-19 Vaccine Access for Homebound Patients”
California Throws Open COVID vaccines to anyone 65 and older
CalMatters: California Throws Open COVID vaccines to anyone 65 and older (January 13, 2021) California is opening COVID-19 vaccines to all residents 65 and older “California Throws Open COVID vaccines to anyone 65 and older”
Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More
Like many older adults, Dorothy, the 72-year-old Chinese American in Seattle’s Chinatown, has had a tough year. She has been coping by mostly quarantining alone, “Centering Vaccination Planning on Equity: Intersecting Considerations of Age, Race, and More”
Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare
One might think dual enrollment in Medicare and Medi-Cal should provide relief from health coverage worries, but many of the 1.4 million Californians with low “Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare”
Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare
California Health Care Foundation: Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare (October 28, 2020) In this guest blog post, Justice in “Californians with Low Incomes Struggle to Navigate Both Medi-Cal and Medicare”
How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker
KUTV2 News Utah: How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker (October 27, 2020) As Utah prepared to implement a care rationing system “How Utah Patients will be Scored, with a Controversial Tie-Breaker”