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Special Coverage: Health Care Reform - Radio Archive
A collection of reports by KQED Radio productions, including KQED Radio News, The California Report and Forum. Reports are listed in reverse chronological order.
The California Report | Tuesday, Dec 06, 2011, 8:50 AM
Community Health Clinics Step Up Marketing
Free and low-cost community health clinics are often the place of last resort for Californians without health coverage. So they've never really had to compete for customers. But with the federal health care law bringing coverage for more people, the clinics are working hard to market themselves online.
The California Report | Friday, Nov 18, 2011, 4:30 PM
California's Public Plan For Health Insurance
Keeping your health coverage during a recession is tough. No job means no insurance. But part of implementing the Affordable Care Act calls for the creation of state exchanges for health insurance plans that are portable and not tied to work. In California, that exchange will look a lot like the public insurance plan that died in Congress last year.
The California Report | Wednesday, Aug 17, 2011, 8:50 AM
Oakland Clinic Provides Medical Care to Ex-Offenders
Most people who leave state prisons do so with no consistent place to get medical care. Instead, former inmates rely on scarce county-funded clinics or fall back on county-funded emergency rooms, straining California's already stretched medical safety net. Some relief has entered the system in the form of early funding from the federal government's health care overhaul.
The California Report | Wednesday, Aug 03, 2011, 8:50 AM
State's Pre-Existing Conditions Health Plan Lowers Rates
As part of last year's national health care overhaul, the State of California offers a health insurance plan for people with pre-existing conditions who can't get insurance elsewhere. But enrollment has been low, so the state is lowering premiums.
The California Report | Thursday, Jun 02, 2011, 8:50 AM
Legislators Want State to Regulate Health Care Costs
The state Assembly is expected to vote later today on a bill that would give insurance regulators the power to stop health plans from raising rates. Critics say companies would pull out of the California market if that happens.
The California Report | Tuesday, May 31, 2011, 8:50 AM
Medi-Cal Moving to Managed Care Model
As of June 1, hundreds of thousands of disabled Medi-Cal recipients will start to move into managed care health plans. Instead of paying for every doctor or hospital visit as it does now, the state pays insurers a set fee to meet the patient's medical needs. State health officials see managed care as a cheaper and more efficient way to run the program, and some for-profit insurance companies see good business.
Forum | Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 9:00 AM
Medicare in the Political Spotlight
Democrats weathering criticism over health care reform felt the ground shift this week, as some Republicans were expected to revolt over a Medicare proposal. We discuss the latest on health care politics.
The California Report | Wednesday, Apr 20, 2011, 8:50 AM
Health Insurance Exchange Board Gets to Work
The powerful board that will oversee California's new health insurance exchange meets for the first time in Sacramento today. The exchange is a centerpiece of federal health insurance reform -- it's expected to broker health coverage for four million people when it begins operations in 2014.
Perspectives | Friday, Apr 08, 2011, 7:35 AM
Say What?
Debbie Duncan was hard of hearing, until the health reform act came to the rescue.
Perspectives | Tuesday, Mar 29, 2011, 7:35 AM
One Year Later
Dr. Ricky Choi looks at what health care reform has delivered one year after enactment.
