5 Tips for Selecting Your Medicare Coverage before Dec. 7 Deadline
November 16, 2017
The Dec. 7 annual enrollment deadline is quickly approaching
Breaking News
- LACMA Showcases ‘Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st-Century Art and Poetics’ Exhibit
- Sheenway School and Culture Center — Educating Youth to Lead the Future Over 50 Years
- Record-Breaking Hate Crimes Against Black Angelenos on the Rise
- Los Angeles Rams and LAPD Spread Holiday Cheer with Annual Sleigh Ride
- Heather Hutt Sworn-in as Councilwoman for L.A.’s 10th District
- Visit Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza for Holiday Photos with Santa
- Homeless and Their Advocates Speak Out in New Film, ‘WE, the Vulnerable of LA’
- The Congressman Wore Sneakers: An Evening With Hakeem Jeffries
- Brotherhood Crusade Honors SEIU President April Verrett at 2024 Pioneer of African American Achievement Award Dinner
- Chargers Thwart Divisional Foe on Thursday Night
- No. 18 UCLA Men’s Basketball Defeats Prairie View A&M 111-75
- Athletes in $2.8 billion college lawsuit tell judge they want to create a players’ association
- Cal, UNLV Inspire La Tijera Students at Day of Play
healthcare
Advance Care Planning
October 5, 2017
Research shows that African Americans and Latinos have lower rates of advance care planning than the general population
Dr. La Tanya R. Hines Plans On Making A Difference At Kaiser Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw
September 14, 2017
“You can make better decisions when you know more about what’s happening with your health,” says La Tanya R. Hines, M.D. of Kaiser Permanente Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Medical.
“Can We Build Better Patient-Provider Relationships with Patient Portals”?
September 7, 2017
The main short-term objective of the patient portals is to increase patient engagement in their own health care.
The Future of Health Care in California
August 17, 2017
Experts and health care providers briefed ethnic media about the future of healthcare in California
Over 80% of the Nation Would Prefer to REPAIR & MODIFY Obamacare
July 6, 2017
From the House to the Senate, Republicans plow forward with their Healthcare plans to “repeal and replace” while over 80% of the nation and Democrat leaders prefer to “repair and modify”.
Our Bodies, Our Lives, Our Voices
July 6, 2017
A new report linking reproductive, racial, and criminal justice challenges facing Black women highlights what they stand to lose with a repeal of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
Ridley-Thomas: ‘Healthcare is a Right, Not a Privilege. We Will Fight’
June 29, 2017
Four of the five members of the Board of Supervisors said Tuesday that the pending Senate bill to repeal Obamacare would be a damaging step backward for Los Angeles County.
HOW MISS USA DERAILED HER HEADLINE
June 15, 2017
“Nuclear Chemist Crowned Miss USA!” That should’ve been the headline.
When a 25-year-old scientist from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission wins a beauty pageant, it ought to rattle the cages of repressive, sexist stereotypes all around the world.
President Trump’s Cruel War on Children
June 1, 2017
Our nation’s budget should reflect our nation’s professed values, but President Trump’s 2018 Federal Budget, “A New Foundation for America’s Greatness,” radically does the opposite. This immoral budget declares war on America’s children, our most vulnerable group, and the foundation of our nation’s current and future economic, military and leadership security.
TrumpCare Puts African American Health Progress at Risk
May 17, 2017
They promised to replace it with a plan that would cover more people and bring costs down
Healthcare workers push for dialysis treatment regulations
May 11, 2017
Nurses, patients, and other health care workers outlined proposed legislation to regulate dialysis treatment during a briefing hosted by New America Media at SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West on May 4.
New parents have a lot to be joyful about, but the worries can add up as well
May 4, 2017
If you qualify for special enrollment, you can get yourself covered with a plan that best fits your needs and budget
The Legacy of the 44th President of the United States of America: Barack Hussein Obama
January 18, 2017
Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th and first Black President of the United States has been called many things. He is considered an adept orator, a man of consummate grace and prodigious intellect; the President who made healthcare coverage a reality for millions of Americans, as well as the President that said “the last person Osama bin Laden saw on earth was an American and hopefully, at that moment, he understood that the American people hadn’t forgotten the 3,000 people he killed”.
MAKE YOUR 2017 HAPPY NEW YEAR; “A HEALTHY NEW YEAR”
January 11, 2017
I can walk to Freedom, But only if I have a Healthy Body – Martin Luther King Jr.