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Valley Public Radio News
12:51 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

KMC to Consider Pact With Foreign Med School

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The Kern County Board of Supervisors will consider a proposal next Tuesday to allow a foreign medical school from the Caribbean to cycle 100 students a year through the clinical rotation program at Kern Medical Center.

The Ross University School of Medicine would pay Kern County $3.5 million a year for 10 years for the program, if it’s approved by the board. KMC currently has students from UCLA and several other Caribbean medical schools in its program.

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2:02 pm
Mon March 26, 2012

In Conservative California, Confusion And Contempt For Health Law

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Paul Ruffino, 55, is an uninsured Libertarian and conflicted over what role the government should play in remaking the health insurance system.
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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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2:24 pm
Wed March 14, 2012

Tulare hospital receives debt downgrade

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The bond rating firm Fitch announced this week that it is downgrading the debt of a Tulare county hospital. The Tulare Local Health Care District saw its rating dip from BBB- to BB+.

The firm cited the hospital’s recent drop in profitability, and dramatic decline in liquidity as factors for the downgrade. The organization believes the hospital’s financial health will stabilize in the remainder of 2012, as a new 24 bed emergency wing is completed at the Tulare Regional Medical Center.

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