healthcare

  • Local healthcare businesses keep Newbury Park residents flourishing

    Local healthcare businesses keep Newbury Park residents flourishing

    Newbury Park has countless valuable assets to offer its residents. One of the shining stars is the local healthcare business scattered throughout our community. Not only are these businesses necessary, they go above and beyond with their dedication and personable relationships with their patients. In the heart of Newbury Park, Ryan Hodges, a local…

  • Thousand Oaks residents discuss healthcare

    Introduction: According to the New York State Department of Health, many countries similar in development to the United States provide health coverage to almost 100 percent of their citizens. In contrast, the U.S.’ Medicare, or insurance for people aged 65 and older, and Medicaid, insurance for low income individuals, together insure 37.5 percent of…

  • The struggles of medical debt and healthcare

    The struggles of medical debt and healthcare

    While others struggle to pay for a single doctor’s appointment, my family and I are able to pay for multiple appointments, with our privilege to have access to healthcare coverage. Approximately half of the U.S. population doesn’t have health insurance or medical debt, making the possibility you know someone who falls in this category…

  • California Introduces Assembly Bill 1400 for Statewide Universal Healthcare

    On Jan. 11, Assembly Bill 1400, a bill which proposes a tax increase for a new government-funded health care system in California called “CalCare,” was approved by the state assembly committee following its introduction into the legislature on Jan. 5. This bill would broaden medical insurance for single-payer residents of California free of charge,…

  • Westminster Clinic continues serving community

    Westminster Clinic continues serving community

    Standing in the shade of two bright blue Easy-Up tents, a group of high school volunteers hand out free boxes of fresh produce and healthy groceries to a middle aged woman holding her young child by the hand. Behind her, a long line of patients stretches through the parking lot and around the corner…

  • Trump lied, people died

    Trump lied, people died

    It is no secret that the United States has failed in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The  challenges surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have not been unique to the United States, but our response has. The actions of our country and federal government have been in blatant ignorance of the advice of scientists and…