California policymakers are facing a busy year, as a Republican-controlled Congress inches closer to rolling back key provisions of the Affordable Car...
Crucial California HIV Program In Disarray After Contract Switch
A change in contractors for a state-run AIDS program has resulted in enrollment delays and left some patients unable to get necessary medications and ...
Governor released 2017-18 proposed state budget.
Amid uncertainty about changes in state revenue and policies in Washington, California Gov. Jerry Brown presented the $177.1 billion 17-18 proposed st...
Shoppers On California Exchange Sidestep Soaring Premiums But Pass Up Subsidies
Californians tend to avoid the worst of premium hikes on the state exchange by choosing lower-cost plans, but many also miss out on financial assistan...
Thousands Of Covered California Enrollees Could Lose Subsidies In January
An error by Covered California has left about 24,000 policy holders at risk of losing their federal tax credits in January if they don’t give the st...
Amid Sign-Up Surge, Covered California Extends Enrollment Deadline
Californians are signing up in higher numbers than they did last year for health plans sold on the state’s health insurance exchange, despite great ...
In House Majority Leader’s Calif. District, Many Depend On Health Law He Wants To Scrap
U.S. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy wants to repeal the Affordable Care Act first and replace it sometime later. That doesn’t sit well with Vi...
Price’s Appointment Boosts GOP Plans To Overhaul Medicare And Medicaid
President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services signals that the new administration i...
Blue Shield, California’s Biggest Obamacare Insurer, Vows It’s Not ‘Running For The Hills’
The chief executive of Blue Shield of California, the largest insurer on the state-run marketplace, says he’s committed to selling coverage there ev...
California Voters Divided On Drug Price Ballot Measure But Support Other Health Initiatives
Less than a week before the election, California voters’ support for Proposition 61 appears to have eroded, and they are now evenly split on the con...