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By City News Service May 10, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - L.A. Care Health Plan is collaborating with the family of the late “Star Trek” actor Leonard Nimoy on a billboard and social media campaign to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations and mask use. The “Live Long and Prosper” campaign will make use of the catch phrase popularized by Spock, the character played by Nimoy on the television series that aired from 1966-69 on NBC, and in several subsequent big-screen versions. Nimoy was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2013, and dedicated the last two years of his life to ...

There are not a lot of normal intersections between the far future and the mechanics of delivering health care, but in the face of a global pandemic, situations make for, as they say, strange bedfellows. With the world in the grips of wrestling with COVID-19, the family of science fiction legend Leonard Nimoy saw a series of billboards around Los Angeles and appreciated the imagery, projecting the idea of people protecting themselves and others from the ravages of the latest coronavirus. After a lengthy series of conversations between the Nimoy family, ViacomCBS and L.A. Care, the nation's...

Paying too much for health insurance? New subsidies announced Covered California has $3 billion in federal aid for people who enroll this year or already are signed up. Credit: s_l - stock.adobe.com Author: Ana Ibarra (CalMatters) Updated: 7:30 PM PDT April 15, 2021 CALIFORNIA, USA — by  . Californians enrolled in health coverage this year will qualify for substantial savings as $3 billion in federal aid kicks in, including for people who are currently getting no subsidies.   Covered California, the state’s insurance marketplace, today opened a special e...

The grant was provided as part of the Housing for a Healthy California program and will expand Housing for Health's partnership with LA Care, officials said. LA Care, which offers the Medi-Cal health plan, is the largest publicly operated health plan in the United States and serves 2.2 million people in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services' collaboration with LA Care will help LA Care members access health care and supportive services while having a place to live, which officials hope will reduce unnecessary emergency department visits, inpatient hospital s...

By City News Service US-HEALTH-VIRUS-HOMELESS LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services announced today its Housing for Health Division received a nearly $20 million state grant to subsidize housing for more than 250 Medi-Cal members who are experiencing homelessness. The grant will provide rental subsidies to the 250 Medi-Cal members for five years, officials said. L.A. Care, which partnered with DHS for the program, helped secure the grant by committing $7 million to Housing for Health over the same period of time. “We are thrilled to receive this grant whi...