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”
Category: Health Disparities
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”
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”
When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location
The Hill: When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location (October 15, 2020) This op-ed, co-authored by Justice in Aging Deputy Director Jennifer Goldberg “When it Comes to Healthy Aging: Location, Location, Location”
A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care
California is home to nearly 20% of the country’s older adults with low incomes and people with disabilities who receive health care coverage from both “A Primer on Dual Eligible Californians: How People Enrolled in Both Medicare and Medi-Cal Receive Their Care”
Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19
Guest Blog for NheLP: Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19 (August, 24, 2020) The COVID-19 pandemic poses challenges for nearly all communities across the “Health Disparities Facing Older Adults of Color amid COVID-19”
A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail
Wired: A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail, August, 24, 2020 In June, the United States Postal Service (USPS) made “A Postal Slowdown is Scary for those who get Meds by Mail”
Free Webcast: Combatting Discriminatory Crisis Care Standards
The COVID-19 crisis has created numerous challenges for older adults and people with disabilities. As cases surge across the country, hospitals and health systems have “Free Webcast: Combatting Discriminatory Crisis Care Standards”
Q&A on Changes to the Rules Implementing the Health Care Rights Law
Our new Q&A on Changes to the Rules Implementing the Health Care Rights Law provides background on the Health Care Rights Law (Section 1557 of “Q&A on Changes to the Rules Implementing the Health Care Rights Law”
Advocates Say Homeless Hotel Program Discriminates Against Disabled People
Los Angeles Times: Advocates Say Homeless Hotel Program Discriminates Against Disabled People, August 14, 2020 A program that has moved thousands of homeless people into hotel and “Advocates Say Homeless Hotel Program Discriminates Against Disabled People”