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Japanese-Americans’ healthier golden years could be a model for other seniors
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Nearly 1 in 4 Japanese-Americans are 65 and older — nearly twice the proportion of seniors in the overall U.S. population. The facts that they are likelier to live longer than other Americans and are healthier when they age make Japanese-Americans an important subject of research by health policy experts — and could provide clues about how all Americans can age, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
April 29, 2015
Japanese-Americans’ healthier golden years could be a model for other seniors
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Nearly 1 in 4 Japanese-Americans are 65 and older — nearly twice the proportion of seniors in the overall U.S. population. The facts that they are likelier to live longer than other Americans and are healthier when they age make Japanese-Americans an important subject of research by health policy experts — and could provide clues about how all Americans can age, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
April 29, 2015
Hundreds of thousands of California immigrants could gain health insurance under President’s executive actions
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But experts from UCLA, UC Berkeley say many undocumented residents will remain uncovered Between 360,000 and 500,000 immigrants living in California would become eligible for Medi-Cal if they receive temporary protection from deportation and permission to work as a result of recent executive actions by President Barack Obama.
March 26, 2015
Hundreds of thousands of California immigrants could gain health insurance under President’s executive actions
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But experts from UCLA, UC Berkeley say many undocumented residents will remain uncovered Between 360,000 and 500,000 immigrants living in California would become eligible for Medi-Cal if they receive temporary protection from deportation and permission to work as a result of recent executive actions by President Barack Obama.
March 26, 2015
Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Approximately 690,000 to 730,000 undocumented Californians could gain access to routine and preventive health care in 2015 with just a 2 percent increase in state Medi-Cal spending – estimated at between $353 to $369 million – according to a joint study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 21, 2014
Study finds modest investment could expand Medi-Cal to undocumented residents of California
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Approximately 690,000 to 730,000 undocumented Californians could gain access to routine and preventive health care in 2015 with just a 2 percent increase in state Medi-Cal spending – estimated at between $353 to $369 million – according to a joint study by the University of California, Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research and Education and the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.
May 21, 2014