(Español) “Las mejoras reportadas anteriormente, vistas en niños más jóvenes, eran o una anomalía o algo transitorio porque la información nacional presentada aquí demuestra un incremento pronunciado” en obesidad, escribieron los autores en su conclusión.

Kentucky has become the first state in the nation to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. Warning that the measure only seeks to present obstacles to accessing health services and purge thousands from the program, groups opposing it brought a lawsuit before a federal court in Washington.

In addition to charity care requirements, the California attorney general has the power to establish other mandates, such as how many emergency room beds must remain open, Valentine said. The mandates vary by hospital.

(Español) “Las personas que reciben subsidios estarán en gran parte protegidas de los aumentos porque los subsidios aumentan junto con las primas… las más altas recaería en unos 6 millones de personas… con ingreso es de alrededor de 75 mil dólares anuales”.

“I tell everybody, especially fathers, ‘Take advantage of it. Be there for your kids. Be there for your wife,’” the Watsonville resident says. “That’s sacred time.”