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Older Californians with disabilities struggle to remain at home as public programs lose funding
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​Pending budget cuts could jeopardize health, safety of state’s most vulnerable. California's low-income seniors with disabilities are struggling to remain in their homes as public funding for long-term care services shrinks and may be slashed even further, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research conducted with support from The SCAN Foundation.
December 07, 2011
Older Californians with disabilities struggle to remain at home as public programs lose funding
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Communications Team
​Pending budget cuts could jeopardize health, safety of state’s most vulnerable. California's low-income seniors with disabilities are struggling to remain in their homes as public funding for long-term care services shrinks and may be slashed even further, according to a new study by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research conducted with support from The SCAN Foundation.
December 07, 2011
Insured and in debt: Even with coverage Californians struggle to pay medical bills
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More than 2.2 million California adults report having medical debt, and two-thirds of those incurred the debt while insured, according to the authors of "The State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC)," a comprehensive new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

In total, nearly one in seven non-elderly adults in California (13 percent) have some kind of medical debt, and more than 800,000 Californians have medical debt greater than $2,000.

August 31, 2009
Insured and in debt: Even with coverage Californians struggle to pay medical bills
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Communications Team

More than 2.2 million California adults report having medical debt, and two-thirds of those incurred the debt while insured, according to the authors of "The State of Health Insurance in California (SHIC)," a comprehensive new report from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research.

In total, nearly one in seven non-elderly adults in California (13 percent) have some kind of medical debt, and more than 800,000 Californians have medical debt greater than $2,000.

August 31, 2009