Involvement in Leisure Activities by Mental Health Center Clients and Non-Clients

A survey on the level and frequency of leisure activity in individuals getting clinical aid was compared with that of individuals not presently contemplating or receiving such help. The subjects, 26 females and 24 males in each group, responded to a questionnaire which requested information regarding demographics, and the rate (days per week), and duration (minutes per day), or participation in selected leisure activities. As was expected, based on Galsser\u27s concept of Positive Addiction, the nonclinical group showed significantly more involvement in activities rated as possible Positive Addictions. No significant difference was found between groups on absolute numbers of leisure activities. The results seem to support a basic idea of Positive Addiction, that commitment to one or more activities is more important in gaining mental strength, than is diversity of interests. Alternate explanations of the results were presented, in light of possible demographic confounds

Medi-Cal Expansion under the Affordable Care Act: Significant Increase in Coverage with Minimal Cost to the State

Since 2011, California has been taking steps towards expanding Medicaid under the Afordable Care Act (ACA) by implementing Low Income Health Programs (LIHPs) in most California counties. Under the "Bridge to Reform" Medicaid §1115 waiver, just over 500,000 California adults are currently enrolled in coverage in advance of ACA implementation using federal and county funds. he vast majority of these LIHP enrollees can become eligible for Medi-Cal coverage under the ACA beginning January 1, 2014, and the remainder will be eligible for subsidies through Covered California (the California Health Benefit Exchange).In early 2013, California legislators will consider bills to implement a key provision of the ACA that would expand Medi-Cal to low-income adults under age 65, including those without children living at home. Lawfully-present childless adults with income up to 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level and parents with income between 106 percent and 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level will be newly eligible. Some unenrolled children and parents who are already income-eligible for the program under existing eligibility rules could also enroll due to the minimum coverage requirement to obtain insurance created by the ACA, improved eligibility, enrollment and redetermination processes, and enhanced awareness of coverage options.In this report, we estimate the growth in Medi-Cal enrollment among both the newly and already eligible using the UC Berkeley-UCLA California Simulation of Insurance Markets (CalSIM) model. We discuss the broader impact of the Medi-Cal Expansion in terms of health outcomes, providers and the economy. We estimate the federal and state spending on increased Medi-Cal enrollment, along with the state tax revenues generated by new federal Medi-Cal spending and potential savings in other areas of the budget

Proposed Regulations Could Limit Access to Affordable Health Coverage for Workers' Children and Family Members

Outlines implications of how the health reform law's premium subsidies apply if employer-sponsored self-only coverage is affordable but family coverage is not. Suggests basing family members' eligibility and affordability on additional cost to employee

12-Month Continuous Eligibility in Medicaid: Impact on Service Utilization

Summarizes findings on how allowing Medicaid enrollees to remain enrolled without reapplying for twelve months affected the number of Medi-Cal-enrolled children's emergency room visits and physician visits compared with those with discontinuous coverage

Number of Uninsured Jumped to More Than Eight Million from 2007 to 2009

Updates 2007 California Health Interview Survey data with estimates for 2009 population growth and changes in insurance status among the non-elderly. Examines trends by source of coverage and explores contributing factors

Health Coverage Expansion in California: What Can Consumers Afford to Spend?

Analyzes Californians' current spending on insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenditures to assess whether proposals to make obtaining health insurance mandatory include sufficient measures to make it affordable for low- and middle-income families

What Does It Take for a Family to Afford to Pay for Health Care?

Addresses how much Californians can afford to pay for health care based on their current insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses as well as other basic necessities, such as housing, child care, transportation, food, and taxes

The State of Health Insurance in California: Findings From the 2009 California Health Interview Survey

Analyzes sources of coverage and uninsurance rates by county, effects of declines in income and employer-sponsored insurance, disparities, access to and affordability of care, role of public insurance, and projected impact of federal healthcare reform

NILAI-NILAI PENDIDIKAN DALAM SESENGGAK SASAK PADA MASYARAKAT PUJUT KAB. LOMBOK TENGAH

Sebagai karya masa lampau, sesenggak sasak merupakan salah satu Aspek budaya yang muncul berdasarkan motivasi kreasi ide dan karya masyarakat pendukungnya. Secara harfiah sesenggak sasak belum banyak dikenal orang terutama kalangan generasi muda. Oleh karena itu sesenggak sasak sangat membutuhkan perhatian khusus dari berbagai pihak. Hasil penelitian ini di harapkan dapat membantu menyelamatkan sesanggak sasak ( ungkapan tradisional sasak ) dari kepunahan. Teori-teori yang digunakan untuk menganalisis data penelitian ini adalah teori analisis oleh Kerlinger dan sumber lainnya, nilai oleh Schwartz dan sumber lainnya, pendidikan menurut bahasa yunani, moral oleh Nurgiyantoro dan Hornby, Garanby, dan Wake field, ungkapan oleh Cervantes, kegiatan struktural oleh Ali, kajian fungsi oleh Merton, teori semiotik oleh Reffaterre.Lokasi penelitian ini adalah di desa Sengkol, Teruwai, dan desa Gapura di mana penelitian ini banyak dilakukan di desa sengkol mengingat desa sengkol merupakan ibu kota kecamatan Pujut. Metode yang digunakan untuk mengumpulkan data dalam penelitian ini adalah metode observasi, dokumentasi, dan wawancara, dan metode terjemahan yaitu metode penterjemahan semantik ( semantic trasn location ).Data dan sumeber data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan dua macam yaitu data primer dan data sekunder. Data yang sudah terkumpul di analisis menggunakan metode kualitatif. Berdasarkan hasil analisis data dalam penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa bagian structural dalam sesenggak ( ungkapan tradisional ) berupa diksi, tipologi, pola kalimat, dan gaya bahasa, diksi menjelaskan tentang kata-kata atau pilihan kata yang digunakan dalam ungkapan tradisional. Tipologi dalam sesenggak sasak kabupaten Lombok tengah terdiri atas 3 macam yaitu tradisi atas 2 kata, 3 kata dan 4 kata. Pola kalimat dalam pembentukan sesenggak sasak kabupaten Lombok tengah terdiri dari 9 pola pembentuk yaitu kata benda – kata benda, kata kerja, kata benda, kata kerja – kata sifat, kata sifat – kata benda – kata benda – kata kerja, kata kerja – kata kerja, kata sifat – kata kerja. Gaya bahasa dalam sesenggak ini terdiri dari 4 gaya bahasa yaitu simile, terdiri dari 2 sesenggak, antithesis 2 sesenggak, ironi 14 sesenggak dan repetisi 4 sesenggak. Sebelum menganalisis nilai-nilai ke pendidikan dalam sesenggak sasak terlebih dahulu yang di lakukan adalah menganlisis makna yang terkandung dalam sesenggak berupa nilai pendidikan moral dan social. Nilai pendidikan tradisional 10 sesenggak, moral terdiri atas 8 sesenggak dan sosial 5 sesenggak

Newly Insured Californians Would Fall by More than 1 Million Under the Affordable Care Act Without the Requirement to Purchase Insurance

Compares the estimated number and percentage of currently uninsured Californians who will be insured by 2019 under the Affordable Care Act with the individual mandate and without. Highlights the need for the mandate to ensure affordable coverage