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EndNotes archive for Jan. 3, 2014

FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 2014

A homeless man pushes a shopping cart full of his belongings across an intersection in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles, Friday, March 29, 2013. The area, originally agricultural until the 1870s when railroads first entered Los Angeles, has maintained a transient nature through the years from the influxes of short-term workers, migrants fleeing economic hardship during the Great Depression, military personnel during World War II and the Vietnam conflict, and low-skilled workers with limited transportation options who need to remain close to the city's core, according to the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. (Jae Hong / Associated Press)

Affordable Health Care…for all 

With all the media hype over new the health care law and glitches in computers, one voice is rarely heard:the voice of homeless people. The new health care laws provide an expansion of Medicaid allowing potentially 1.2 million homeless people eligible for coverage. Communities know…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.