Neglecting Low-Income Patients?

TUESDAY, AUGUST 13
PROGRAM #10466 11:00 AM PT

Extra Edition: Neglecting Low-Income Patients? Community groups in Fresno are suing a public health organization charging it with misuse of public funds. The plaintiffs claim that instead of investing public funds in providing lifesaving care for low-income families and people of color, the medical organization diverted the money to a medical facility that serves a more affluent population.

Guest: Genoveva Islas, Founder and Executive Director, Cultiva La Salud, Fresno, CA.

Fired for Stopping Work during Excessive Heat. When they saw other fellow field workers feeling ill during one of the first heat waves this year, a crew of farm workers said they got their forewoman’s permission to go home early. But when they showed up again at dawn the next day, they were given their last checks — and told there was no more work for them. Two state agencies are investigating the incident as a retaliatory firing.

Guests: Jorge Santana, Farmworker; Antonio De Loera-Brust, Communications Director, United Farm Workers-UFW, Davis, CA.

Photo: Medill DC/Flickr

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