BC, clinic team up for student health

Bakersfield College and Clinica Sierra Vista Team Up to Keep Students HealthyStaying healthy is an essential part of keeping a student’s college education moving forward. With the goal of overall student health in mind, Bakersfield College and Clinica Sierra Vista (CSV) have formed a partnership to provide health services to students on the College’s Panorama Campus in northeast Bakersfield.The College and Clinica Sierra Vista have already had an existing partnership serving students at the College’s Delano Campus for several years.“We want our students to stay healthy so they can be successful in achieving their educational goals here at Bakersfield College,” said Bakersfield College President Dr. Greg Chamberlain. “By partnering with Clinica Sierra Vista, we are providing students with quality health services and a large network of medical care services with ease of accessibility.”

The mission of Clinica Sierra Vista is to provide high quality and comprehensive primary and preventive health care services at the most efficient cost to the underserved populations of Kern,Inyo and Fresno Counties regardless of ability to pay and to seek necessary resources to meet the growing health care demands while maintaining the corporation’s financial integrity. We strongly believe in everyone’s right to quality health care; therefore, no one is denied services based on race, religion, ethnicity, sex, age, disability or economic status.”This new partnership with Bakersfield College is an appropriate extension of our long-time commitment to high quality primary care for Kern County populations” said Clinica Sierra Vista’s CEO Steve Schilling. “We are thrilled to have been asked to help the college meet its holistic obligation for student services and good health”.Bakersfield College Health and Wellness Center relocated to a more central area of campus, adjacent to the cafeteria, in Campus Center. The Health and Wellness Center is open five days a week, and hours of operation can be found on the Center’s website or at the Center location.

In addition to the College’s full-time, on staff registered nurse, a CSV physician, Dr. Michael Farber is on campus from Monday to Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mental health services are provided by Edie Warkentin, Licensed Clinical Social Worker from CSV, on Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. and on Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m.All students who are currently enrolled at Bakersfield College and attending at least one class on the Panorama Campus are able to visit the Health and Wellness Center for no cost. The Student Health Fee covers consultations with all staff, but does not include medical insurance coverage for testing or referrals for services not offered on campus.
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Health Care Being Debated In Senate, Opt Out On The Table

San Francisco (Obama.net)- Ever since it just began to be discussed so long ago, health care reform in America drew a lot of criticism and divided American’s heavily. Once it passed, millions resented it immediately, before even knowing what it entailed. The outrage continued to grow as time passed. One of the main reasons why the Republicans gained so many seats in the Midterm Elections was that they promised to repeal health care reform.

However, Republicans in Congress don’t have the power to repeal the reform. Any such attempt would just receive a Presidential Veto if it is not first blocked by the Democratic majority in the Senate. But, they can vote to limit its funding and to block it in other ways.

And that’s exactly what Republicans, along with at least one Democrat, are trying to do now.

Scott Brown, a Republican, with the support of Ron Wyden, a Democrat in the Senate, told Congress of their plan to introduce a new measure that would give individual states more power in terms of health care.

The plan would enable states to opt out of the United States system for health care in 2014 presuming the state can also provide the same amount and quality of care that the federal government is.

Wyden said of the plan, “it ought to be appealing to conservatives. This is a states’ right approach. And it certainly ought to be appealing to progressive folks who would like to try some of their ideas at the state level.”

The new idea is actually not that new. The current health care plan gives states the option to leave the federal system in 2017.

Wyden did agree with President Obama that people should not be rejected coverage based on previous conditions. He also spoke again large co-pays.

Wyden said of the chance to alter health care in America, “This is an opportunity for folks in the U.S. Senate to come together and come up with a real solution.”

While the exact details of the plan are not quite clear, the plan falls in line with the Republicans’ goal of hurting the health care reform plan, which will more than likely end up with attempts to adjust the funding.

The health care bill is clearly only being embraced by some Americans while being rejected by others. But time will tell whether or not President Obama was right at the end of the day.
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