After literally years of promises, House Republicans finally have a bill they say will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Some conserva...
Support For Health Law Grows, Leaving Republicans In A Bind
Republican members of Congress are at home this week, with many of them getting an earful from anxious constituents about their plans to “repeal and...
Single-Payer Health Care Bill Introduced In California Senate
Legislation introduced in the state Senate Friday would set California on a path toward the possible creation of a single-payer health care system ...
Rest Of The U.S. Could Learn ‘A Great Deal’ From Covered California, Study Says
A five-state study of Obamacare health insurance exchanges finds California’s to be the “most successful” of the group. Researchers say the stat...
Hoping To Control Health Costs, California Lawmaker Targets Prescription Drug Coupons
A California lawmaker has introduced a bill that would ban drugmakers from issuing coupons that lower patients’ prescription copayments for certain ...
Medicare’s Coverage Of Therapy Services Again Is In Center Of Court Dispute
Four years after Medicare officials agreed in a landmark court settlement that seniors cannot be denied coverage for physical therapy and other skille...
Drug Prices, Opioids, And Obamacare: A Conversation With Assemblyman Jim Wood
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 ...
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...