WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14
PROGRAM # 8088 12:00 PM PST.
Nevada’s “Medicaid for All.”
Nevada’s legislature passed an ambitious bill known as Nevada Care Plan, which would allow anyone without health insurance to buy into the state’s Medicaid, the public health care plan for the poor. This is the first bill in the country to expand Medicaid to a large scale and was spurred by the uncertainty about the future of existing benefits under the Affordable Care Act. The bill is awaiting action by Republican Governor Brian Sandoval. On other news, California lawmakers reached agreement on a budget which boosts spending on healthcare, but did not include a plan to expand health care coverage for young undocumented adults.
Guests: Assemblyman Nelson Araujo, District 3, Vice-Chair, Nevada Hispanic Legislative Caucus, Las Vegas, NV
Immigrant Detainees Continue Fasting. Refugee detainees in California who are fasting to protest their detention conditions, report they were pepper-sprayed, attacked and humiliated by prison’s guards due to their peaceful protest. A spokesperson talks about this and the list of petitions the Central American refugees.
Guest: (audio recording) Isaac Lopez Castillo, Detained Immigrant, Spokesperson for Fasting Detainees, Adelanto Detention Center, Adelanto, CA
Photo: dwss.nv.gov
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