Tiny clinic, huge hopes

Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Monica Rodriguez, Staff Writer

For Manuel Maturino, the Pomona Community Health Center has made a huge difference in his life. Maturino, a Pomona resident, works assembling modular furniture but he doesn’t have health insurance.

"I make too much money for Medi-Cal but I can’t afford health insurance," he said Tuesday. Without it, Maturino has struggled with asthma, relying on over-the-counter remedies to help a problem that always grew to the point he ended up in a hospital emergency room with an asthma attack… Read the full story >>