When a controversial immigration proposal to tighten who gets permanent residency was unveiled two years ago, experts predicted a drop in children using public health insurance.Now, state statistics show that 234,000 fewer children over the past two years enrolled in public health care programs.On Monday, justices ruled 5 to 4 to lift a nationwide injunction that had prevented the Trump administration from denying legal permanent residency to immigrants who had used or could be deemed likely to use public benefits like Medicaid and another children?s health insurance program. Justices gave no reasons for lifting the injunction. Litigation on the merits of the new public charge rule are ongoing in the lower courts.Since news of the proposed rule on who might become a ?public charge? leaked almost two years ago, experts and immigrants themselves sa...


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KALAMAZOO, MI ? The division of the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department that serves older adults will hold an event this week to inform the community about resources for those age 60 and older.The Older Adults Services Division, or Area Agency on Aging, will host the 2020 Senior Millage Programs Showcase from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Jan. 30, at the health department?s 311 E. Alcott St. location.The event was created as a way to inform residents age 60 and older, caregivers and he...


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(Reuters) - The United States is considering new steps to counter a coronavirus outbreak that has killed over 100 people in China and nothing is off the table in terms of possible travel restrictions for China, the U.S. health secretary said on Tuesday. The United States, which so far has five confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, has urged Americans to reconsider or postpone travel plans to China because of the outbreak. It also warned specifically against travel to the Hubei province, the epicenter of the outbreak in China with thousands of cases. [nL4N29V0FY] Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar said during a news conference that he had offered to send a team of U.S. infectious disease experts to China to assist with its public health efforts and that more cooperation and transparency...


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San Luis Obispo County residents without health insurance ? along with others statewide ? have a Friday deadline to sign up for Covered California, a free service that connects Californians with brand-name health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).


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SAN DIEGO (KGTV) -- San Diego County health officials are expected to find out Tuesday if a person in the county who recently traveled to China contracted the potentially deadly coronavirus. If test results are positive, it will be the first case in the county and just the sixth in the U.S. Cases of the coronavirus have already been confirmed in Los Angeles and Orange counties. The potential San Diego patient recently traveled to impacted areas of China, according to the County Health and Human Services Agency. The patient went to a hospital where a specimen was collected and sen...


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