Santa Cruz resident Pasha Wrangell was assigned male at birth but uses the pronouns they and them. Wrangell, an enrollee of the Central California Alliance for Health, the only Medi-Cal health plan in Santa Cruz, said it has been laborious to get the care they need.
Pasha Wrangell has faced delays getting gender-affirming care because of red tape and limited providers. Over more than two years, Wrangell has received only about half the total electrolysis sessions recommended. Wrangell’s insurer through Medi-Cal, California’s Medicaid program, acknowledges the shortage of practitioners.
Missouri and Kansas answer more than 90% of 988 calls as mental health hotline hits 1 year kcur.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcur.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
988 mental health crisis line gets 5 million calls, texts and chats in first year mtpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mtpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The 3-digit suicide prevention lifeline went live a year ago. More work is needed on the 988 system, but the first year has gone more smoothly than many expected.