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Regional leaders on Friday announced a proposed ordinance aimed at bolstering civil liberty protections for San Diegans amid "recent unauthorized federal enforcement actions in San Diego neighborhoods."
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KPBS Midday EditionGentrification is one of the major issues facing urban cities in the 21st century, and San Diego is no different. -
Determined to improve the way doctors connect with their patients, a new wave of innovators are using technology to match people of color with culturally competent professionals. -
Service dogs have long helped veterans with vision or mobility problems. Now the PAWS Veterans Therapy Act will help connect specially trained dogs to some veterans with symptoms of traumatic stress. -
![HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors in Congress who are balking at the rules of the "No Surprises Act" aren't looking out for patients. "I don't think when someone is overcharging, that it's going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price," Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Biden team's rules would push insurance premiums down by 0.5% to 1%.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/be516e4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3543x1974+0+342/resize/280x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2021%2F11%2F22%2Fgettyimages-1236053656-77bb56d0cec44cda1a4955068ae26dcc6415c2d8.jpg)
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra says health providers who have exploited a complicated system to charge exorbitant rates will have to bear their share of the cost — or close. -
The Texas law has no exceptions for survivors of rape or incest. Social workers say that's hurting some survivors financially, psychologically and physically. -
Scientists have begun to find abnormalities in the immune systems of some long-COVID patients that might help explain the syndrome, at least in some people. But there is still much more to learn. -
An alternative to original Medicare, the private plans are run mostly by major insurers. A recent analysis estimates Medicare overpaid these insurers by $106 billion from 2010 through 2019. -
Congress told the Transportation Security Administration and airlines in 2018 to improve air travel for people with disabilities. But TSA data and stories from flyers suggest little has improved. -
A new Alzheimer's drug isn't reaching many patients. Doctors say reasons include its high cost, and lingering questions about its effectiveness. -
KPBS Midday EditionOne of the few silver linings of the pandemic has proven to be the regulations put in place to help restaurants.
![HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra says doctors in Congress who are balking at the rules of the "No Surprises Act" aren't looking out for patients. "I don't think when someone is overcharging, that it's going to hurt the overcharger to now have to [accept] a fair price," Becerra says. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Biden team's rules would push insurance premiums down by 0.5% to 1%.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/c6195ad/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3543x1974+0+342/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2021%2F11%2F22%2Fgettyimages-1236053656-77bb56d0cec44cda1a4955068ae26dcc6415c2d8.jpg)
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