Explore the region. Get involved in your community. Experience moments of joy.
Delivered Tuesdays & Thursdays
CapRadio
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!
Email Kate Wolffe
Follow @katewolffe
June 12, 2023
A bill making its way through the California Legislature would raise wages for a distressed health care workforce. Rural hospitals and counties say they’re under enough financial strain as it is.
June 1, 2023
In an open letter, California’s head of STD control urged doctors to be vigilant about mpox spread in their communities. Sacramento’s LGBT Community Center has events scheduled all month to increase vaccination rates.
May 22, 2023
In a court hearing Monday, Carlos Reales Dominguez’s public defender argued his client was not mentally competent to stand trial. Dominguez tried to interject multiple times during the proceedings, telling the judge he wanted to represent himself.
May 17, 2023
During the pandemic, many people received the maximum in food aid through CalFresh. Now that the COVID emergency benefits have ended, they’re adjusting to a world with record inflation and some are relying on food banks to meet their needs.
May 12, 2023
Though the budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion, Newsom said he does not plan to dip into the state’s rainy day fund, instead proposing a mix of funding delays, cuts and renewing a tax on health insurers.
May 10, 2023
Hundreds of unionized health care workers rallied at California’s Capitol to call on the state to invest more in education for nurses, and compel hospitals to help in the fight.
May 4, 2023
The national director of an abortion rights organization says policy makers are working in uncharted territory with “backdoor bans” and an adversarial climate in the U.S.
April 28, 2023
Advocates and activists say not collecting this data makes LGBTQ+ health issues invisible and undermines the opportunity to humanize patients and conduct specific health interventions.
April 19, 2023
In the American Lung Association’s new air quality report, Sacramento had its worst levels of particulate matter. While air quality is improving in eastern states, climate change has made fighting bad air harder in the West.
April 12, 2023
Due to a federal pandemic-era policy, states stopped taking people off Medicaid, and enrollment in counties like Sacramento soared. Now, those counties are going over their rosters, and millions of Californians are expected to be disenrolled.
newer
older
