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Encinal High health center gets a federally funded boost

Michele Ellson
Friday, January 4, 2013 - 12:05am

When Alameda High School became home to one of Alameda County’s first school-based health centers, in 1993, its arrival aroused a storm of protest.

“There were certain elements who thought it was a place to distribute condoms,” said Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, who said she led the early effort to establish a similar center at Encinal High in 1999. “But it’s much more than that.” Read more >> about Encinal High health center gets a federally funded boost

County leaders detail impacts of state cuts to health and welfare programs

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 - 10:43pm

Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan is casting a spotlight on cuts that state lawmakers want to make to health care and social services for the county’s poor, sick, young and old. Chan held a hearing at Alameda’s Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday night intended to detail the human impact of the cuts – and to ask participants to pressure lawmakers to reconsider them. Read more >> about County leaders detail impacts of state cuts to health and welfare programs

Teachers struggle with rising health coverage costs

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - 10:25pm

Carolyn Cover-Griffith leafs through a pile of old paycheck stubs to offer a sense of how her health care costs have increased over the past few years. In 2009, she was paying $790 a month for healthcare coverage for her family. This year, her payment for her family’s Blue Shield plan is nearly $1,200 a month. Read more >> about Teachers struggle with rising health coverage costs

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