Nearly 100 people gathered at Tenaya Middle School on the evening of October 22nd for a city council candidate forum. The youth-led forum, which was hosted by local organizations We’Ced Youth Media and Building Healthy Communities (BHC) Merced, was the first of its kind in this city.
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, can offer healthcare benefits for people who previously couldn't afford it. It will take time for Obamacare to be fully implemented and even longer to see if it had a positive impact for the people in Merced and our nation as a whole. Only time can truly tell if the future of our health care system is bright.
I think it’s important for the family members and friends of young people to understand that being exposed to the party scene -- and the drugs and alcohol that come along with that -- is not an uncommon experience for youth, especially in a town like Merced.
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