Health and Poverty News
"Attorneys for the Board of Supervisors this month added Edward S. Sundra... to its year-old federal lawsuit, which accuses Virginia and federal transportation officials of failing to consider air pollution's potential impact on the health of low-income and minority residents..."
"A multi-year pilot project known as the Kern Medical Center Health Plan has already enrolled about 5,500 formerly uninsured low-income patients in Kern over the past three years. "
"Homeless and unemployed, Tianne Hill said she dreads getting mail at the city shelter on Guilford Avenue where she lives because it often includes medical bills she can't pay."
"Health centers and community clinics that provide services for low-income Californians will be the latest casualty of the late state budget."
"A drug rehabilitation center for homeless women will be shuttered because of the economic downturn, leaving fewer options for those looking to start over.Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless will close Tierra del Sol, its 11-bed residential treatment center for women..."
"The clinic provides free services for patients who qualify. They must be Butler County residents between 19 and 64 years old who earn incomes of 200 percent below the federal poverty level -- for instance, an annual income of $21,660 for an individual or $44,100 for a family of four."
"Wisconsin is pushing to expand a controversial program that uses federal Medicaid funds to provide free birth-control pills, vasectomies and other forms of contraception to low-income people, an effort made possible by the federal health-care overhaul."
"Health centers across the country are lining up for a shot in the arm from the Obama administration: $250 million in federal grants to build clinics and bolster services at existing clinics for low-income patients such as public housing residents, the homeless..."
"The wait times are good news for the hospital, because across the state and nation, more people on Medicaid... are using hospital emergency rooms as their primary health care resource. Medicaid is the government's health insurance for low-income or needy people."
"Three Massachusetts health centers have begun issuing 'produce prescriptions' - coupons to low-income families worth $1 per day per family member - that can be redeemed at local farmers' markets."
"In general, the researchers said, reductions in the use of routine medical care were most likely to occur among young people, those with lower incomes and those who had lost large proportions of their wealth in the latest economic turmoil."
"Health Partners targeted Chinatown with a health fair for the first time because the majority of its residents live below the poverty line and about 40 percent report fair to poor health."
"Doctors at three health centers in Massachusetts have begun advising patients to eat 'prescription produce' from local farmers' markets, in an effort to fight obesity in children of low-income families"
"The Medicare payment would grow every year, with additional support for those who have low incomes and higher health costs, and less government support for high-income beneficiaries"
"The mayor's appearance was the culmination of Walgreens' yearlong effort to bring groceries to food desert"
"Standing at a bus stop at State and Lake streets on Wednesday, Nedra Gibson, 67, said all one needs to do is step aboard a CTA bus to see that transit ridership is way up this year among senior citizens and low-income people with disabilities who are eligible to travel for free"
"On his watch, the city banned cigarettes in bars, put fresh produce in poor neighborhoods and went after trans fats like they were deadbeat dads"
"Philadelphia's program has proven effective because it basically deems all students eligible for free meals because of the city's high poverty rate"
"While San Francisco is known to many for its gourmets and gourmands, its restaurants and cafes, Ash sees a different side. 'In San Francisco,' he notes, '1 in 5 adults and 1 in 4 children live at or near the poverty line.'"
"The funding will also help states maintain medical services for low-income people"
"Every dollar counts at the West End Medical Center, where more than 250 low-income or homeless people come daily for treatment"
"The Food Trust has asked about 1,000 corner groceries in low-income areas in Philadelphia to sign an agreement to stock at least two categories of healthy foods."
"The Senate approved a sweeping boost to school nutrition programs Thursday, adding $4.5 billion to bring more meals and healthier nutrition standards to low-income children nationwide."
"Lack of access to quality healthcare may contribute to higher mortality for blacks in Los Angeles County, Fielding said, but he noted that Latinos — many of whom are low income and uninsured — saw lower mortality than both blacks and whites."
"The Senate package includes $16 billion for Medicaid, the joint state-federal program to provide healthcare to low-income Americans."
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