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St John's Well Child and Family Center
President and CEO of the St John's Well Child and Family Center; former chair of the Board at the Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County
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Jim Mangia
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FROM Jim Mangia
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Fearing deportation, undocumented immigrants choose to go without health care Health clinics that serve undocumented immigrants report that fewer patients are making appointments. Doctors say people worry that revealing personal information could tip off immigration officials and lead to deportation. But by skipping regular care, some patients could be taking major medical risks.
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St. John’s Child and Wellness Center Ups Minimum Wage to $15 California's minimum wage is scheduled to increase from $8 an hour to $9 next July and to $10 in 2016. The St. John's Well Child and Family Center in Central and South Los Angeles and Compton is getting a jump on that schedule with a boost to $15 an hour. Jim Mangia is President and CEO.
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A Progress Report on Obamacare in California California's version of the Affordable Care Act is going better than many others, but that doesn't mean there aren't problems. Covered California's own Facebook page received comments including "still on hold going on 40 minutes," and "such a gift horse to the insurance companies." We hear about website glitches and delays in providing guides for insurance exchanges as well as success in expanding coverage for the poor.
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California's New Way of Not Doing Business Property values are going down all over California. In Silicon Valley, where high-tech billionaires live, they've dropped for the first time since the Great Depression. Tax assessors are lowering rates, and that means the state and the counties will be getting less money.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Trump's new look at civil rights and global warming President Trump is reportedly ready to pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. We look at the possible consequences. On the second half of the program, we hear about cuts in Obama-Era civil rights programs called for by the Trump Administration's first budget plan.
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Replacing Obamacare: Now you see it… now you don’t As the Senate deliberates replacing Obmacare, health coverage for millions of people is at stake. There've been no public hearings, and a draft measure won't be made public. Is the House version so unpopular that that Senate is hiding a version that looks much the same?