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...
Medicare’s Drug-Pricing Experiment Stirs Opposition
Aiming to keep costs in check, Medicare is proposing to test different ways to pay for drugs — one of which is similar to CalPERs’ price-control e...
Covered California Says It’s Moving Fast To Fix Involuntary Switches Into Medi-Cal
Under fire from federal lawmakers and consumer advocates, Covered California is speeding up its response to a systemic problem that is causing the tra...
California’s Medical Board Declares Neutrality On Proposed Doctor Disclosure Law
The 15-member board that monitors physicians in California Friday declared its neutrality on pending state legislation that would require doctors to n...
Medi-Cal’s Doctor Sign-Up System Finally Going Online
Medi-Cal’s enrollment system for doctors and other health care providers, long criticized in the medical community for being complicated and slow, i...
Will Covered California Sell Health Coverage To The Undocumented?
California legislators are attempting to clear the way for undocumented immigrants to buy health insurance through the state’s insurance exchange â€...
Gonorrhea Rate Has Shot Up In California
Rates of gonorrhea, a sexually transmitted disease, are rising sharply in California, especially among gay and bisexual men, according to new state he...
More Customers Dumped From Covered California Without Notice
Lynn Kersey has some advice for pregnant women who bought health insurance policies from Covered California and want to keep them: Don’t report your...