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Growing up amid the dusty agricultural fields of the Central Valley, Ruby Marentes-Cabrera can't recall a time when it wasn't difficult to breathe.
The disease — exacerbated by air pollution and indoor threats like harsh cleaning products, cockroach infestations, dust and mold — hits low-income communities the hardest.
In January, California’s Medicaid program will begin helping low-income asthma patients with services such as replacing mattresses and installing air purifiers. The rollout promises to be chaotic.
State regulators have reinstated some payments to the Borrego Community Health Foundation but will continue withholding millions of dollars in billings for dental visits that are at the center of an ongoing criminal investigation led by the FBI. According to an agreement released by the California Department of Health Care Services, almost $10 million in Medi-Cal reimbursements will be returned to the healthcare provider known as Borrego Health. The foundation also will be paid for medical services provided going forward. But state officials will continue to retain all payments related to den...