US EditionCalifornia looked to them to close health disparities, then it backpedaled
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, JUL 28 – California cut $250 million in funding and eliminated certification for community health workers despite growing demand and evidence their services reduce hospital visits, state data show.
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California looked to them to close health disparities, then it backpedaled
Fortina Hernández is called "the one who knows it all." For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses.
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Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.” For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses. She’s guided by the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But she makes only around $20 an ho…
California looked to them to close health disparities, then backpedaled
Fortina Hernández is called “the one who knows it all.” For more than two decades, the community health worker has supported hundreds of families throughout southeast Los Angeles by helping them sign up for food assistance, sharing information about affordable health coverage, and managing medications for their chronic illnesses. She’s guided by the expression “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” But she makes only around $20 an ho…
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