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How California's expansion of health coverage is affecting low-income undocumented immigrants

by Elizabeth Trovall
Jan 8, 2024
The eligibility expansion benefits the immigrants but may also bring savings to the entire system.
In California, all low-income undocumented immigrants are now eligible for coverage under the state’s version of Medicaid. Some of that expansion expense may bring savings elsewhere.
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What it's like to run a small health care business

by Eliza Mills
Jun 30, 2017
The economics of small hospitals are more complex than you'd think.
Patients at Totally Kids Sun Valley live in the sub-acute hospital so that they can receive 24/7 care. All are dependent on either feeding tubes, breathing machines, dialysis or some combination of these treatments to stay alive. 
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