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Kristina Herrick
Kristina Herrick
Classical Music Host
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George Mason
On-air host, Clearly Classical
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Rebecca Plevin
Reporter
Jason Scott
Jason Scott
Host, Clearly Classical and All Things Considered
Vince DiCiccio
Vince DiCiccio
Host, The Oasis; The Intersection
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Ezra Romero
Reporter and Producer
Marv Allen
Marv Allen
Host, Morning Edition

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Health
9:55 am
Tue June 12, 2012

Survey Sheds Light On What California Small Businesses Want from New Health Market

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By Pauline Bartolone

A new survey sheds light on what small businesses in California want out of the new health insurance market starting in 2014. 

Only a little more than a third of California small businesses currently provide some health benefits in their workplace. But that number could go up to 44 percent when a new health marketplace is up and running.

That’s according to a poll commissioned by the Small Business Majority and Kaiser Permanente.

John Arensmeyer of the Small Business Majority says the poll shows small companies want the same health options big ones have.

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Shots - Health Blog
2:02 pm
Mon March 26, 2012

In Conservative California, Confusion And Contempt For Health Law

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Credit Sarah Varney / for NPR
Paul Ruffino, 55, is an uninsured Libertarian and conflicted over what role the government should play in remaking the health insurance system.
Credit Sarah Varney / for NPR
Republican Doug Macaulay, who has been selling health insurance in the small town of Oakhurst, Calif., for nearly three decades, says he has heard everyone's opinion of the Affordable Care Act.
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By Sarah Varney

Originally published on Sun March 25, 2012 2:40 pm

To reach Oakhurst, Calif., drive away from the green fields of the Central Valley, past miles of pistachio trees showing their spring buds and up toward the snow-topped peaks of the Sierra Nevada.

Here, just a few miles from the entrance to Yosemite National Park, is the Sweetwater Steakhouse, a local watering hole where no one is shy about their opinions of President Obama's signature initiative.

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Valley Edition
4:51 pm
Tue November 15, 2011

On Valley Edition: Fresno County Health Funding; Teatro Obesity

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This week on Valley Edition, we hear an in-depth report on Fresno County's decision to become the only county in the state not to pursue federal funding for a new low-income health program. We'll also hear about a new theater program that takes on the issue of obesity in the Valley's Latino community.

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