A network of clinics that serves low-income patients in rural Northern California is finally finding balance after being deluged with newly insured pa...
Two Insurance Giants Planning To Jump Into California’s Medicaid Market
Two of the nation’s largest insurers are reaching out to doctors as they prepare to offer health coverage to low-income residents in California’s ...
A Chat With The Head Of California’s Doctor Lobby
The California Medical Association, which represents about 41,000 doctors, has been at the heart of health care deliberations in Sacramento for decade...
Feds Urge State Medicaid Programs To Boost Use Of Long-Acting Contraceptives
The federal government, which spends billions of dollars each year covering unintended pregnancies, is encouraging states to adopt policies that help...
Hospital Workers Union Pulls California Ballot Measure On Hospital Exec Pay
A powerful hospital workers union has been forced to withdraw a proposed measure that would have capped the pay of California hospital executives, eve...
Revamp Of State Program For Medically Fragile Kids Moves Forward In Legislature
California lawmakers on Tuesday pushed forward compromise legislation that would transform how the state’s most medically fragile kids receive care....
California Budget: Small Health Gains, Advocates Look To Nov. Ballot For Big-Ticket Items
The $122.5 billion state budget approved this week by California lawmakers will fund a variety of health-related efforts, including training of primar...
State Legislators Push Bill To Inform Patients Of Drug Company Discount Programs
California lawmakers are lining up in support of a bill that would require health plans to provide information about patient-assistance programs for e...
Hike In Minimum Wage Will Push Some Workers Out Of Medi-Cal
California’s decision to raise its hourly minimum wage to $15 by 2022 could have unintended consequences for thousands of workers who will make too ...
UnitedHealth To Exit California’s Obamacare Market
UnitedHealth Group Inc. is leaving California’s insurance exchange at the end of this year, state officials confirmed Tuesday. The nation’s larges...