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I’m interested in how health care policy impacts Sacramento and California, who gets access to care and the issues facing health care providers.
It’s no secret that health care in the United States is complicated. My hope is to shed light on stories of people trying to get care and the experiences of those providing treatment.
I believe that all people can and should be truth-seekers, and I can’t do this reporting without the help of the community.
Is there a story about health care in Sacramento that you think should be told? Please reach out!
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December 15, 2023
Forty percent of counties in California don’t have abortion providers. A new ‘reproductive health service corps’ aims to change that as need for the procedure continues to increase in the state.
December 6, 2023
Dozens of unionized health care workers picketed outside the Sutter Center for Psychiatry on Folsom Boulevard Wednesday to protest protracted contract negotiations, which have stretched on for more than a year and a half.
December 4, 2023
The audit surveyed hundreds of providers and found many were unable to offer a therapy or psychiatry appointment within state standards, sometimes egregiously so. Auditors say the state could be doing more to enforce wait time guidelines.
November 30, 2023
Alzheimer’s deaths have more than doubled in Sacramento County over the past decade. A new initiative by the county’s public health department is aiming to make the region more dementia-friendly while also working to stem the tide.
November 22, 2023
Sacramento’s Dr. Olivia Kasirye says although we may avoid last year’s “tripledemic,” people should continue to get vaccinated against RSV, COVID and the flu. Eleven percent of the county has gotten the updated COVID shot.
November 15, 2023
Last month, three women filed a lawsuit against a doctor and the Dixon clinic where he worked, saying he touched their bodies outside the scope of the care. Here are resources to help those in similar situations.
November 9, 2023
Ambulance Patient Offload Time is the time it takes for a patient to be transferred from an ambulance to a bed. A new state law would require Sacramento County to cut its current wait times in half by the end of next year.
November 1, 2023
Sacramento County has been under a legal agreement to improve conditions at its jails since 2020. But progress has been slow and a proposal for a possible $1 billion annex has been questioned by lawyers and advocates. Here’s how it got to this point.
October 25, 2023
The city also announced $3.2 million in grants to community-based organizations working to interrupt violence in Sacramento. Officials said the organizations were key to the lower levels of violent crime so far this year.
October 24, 2023
The federal public health emergency is over and so are accommodations that made it easier to get your COVID-19 vaccine. Here are some ways to make it through the changes this season.
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