California officials illegally slashed payments to dental hygienists who treat some of the state’s most fragile residents, including the elderly and...
New UC-Irvine Center To Study The Highs And Lows of Pot
Jody Jacobson Wedret rolled her eyes after listening to scientists, policy wonks and marijuana advocates expound on pot’s potential to ease the opio...
Hospitals Want To Cut Back On Free Care. Critics Say No Way.
Five years after Fresno-based attorney Joy Dockter started fighting for patients saddled with medical debt, hospitals continue to go after them — ev...
Community Health Centers Caught In ‘Washington’s Political Dysfunction’
With lawmakers facing another deadline this week for legislation to keep the federal government open, one of the outstanding issues is long-term fundi...
Californians Scramble To Beat Midnight Enrollment Deadline
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Blanca Espinoza walked out of a second-story office overlooking one of the city’s busiest intersections Wednesday afternoon, ...
CHIP Renewed For Six Years As Congress Votes To Reopen Federal Government
A brief, partial shutdown of the federal government ended Monday, as the Senate and House approved legislation that would keep federal dollars flowing...
Trump’s Work-For-Medicaid Rule Puts Work On States’ Shoulders
The Trump administration’s watershed decision Thursday to allow states to test a work requirement for adult Medicaid enrollees sparked widespread cr...
Trump Administration Rule Paves Way For Association Health Plans
The Department of Labor on Thursday released proposed new rules that proponents say will make it easier for businesses to band together in “associat...
State Gives Medi-Cal Enrollees Something To Smile About
Susan Inglett’s dental coverage changed just after she got a root canal on one of her top teeth. It was 2009, and California was in the midst of a b...
Sen. Collins’ Strategy To Stabilize Insurance Market Raises Doubts Among Analysts
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), whose vote was pivotal in pushing the GOP tax bill forward last week, thought she had a deal to bolster health care prot...