SACRAMENTO — After months of uncertainty, the Legislature appears poised to approve a tax on health care plans that would generate $1.27 billion...
State’s Medi-Cal Bill For Undocumented Kids Could Rise
The cost of providing full Medi-Cal benefits to undocumented immigrant children in California could be significantly more than the state’s health ca...
Licking Wounds, Insurers Accelerate Moves To Limit Health-Law Enrollment
Stung by losses under the federal health law, major insurers are seeking to sharply limit how policies are sold to individuals in ways that consumer a...
State Seeks to Calm Fears Over Change in Autism Care
Today the state will begin a transition in the health coverage of 9,000 children who are treated for autism under Medi-Cal, the government program for...
Potential Outcomes of the ACA's Third Enrollment Period and Their Implications
Officials are hoping for strong enrollment during President Obama’s last year at the helm of his signature health law, but the final outcome is ...
Brown Touts Calif.'s Embrace of ACA, Cautions About Health Costs
In his State of the State address on Thursday, Gov. Jerry Brown (D) touted California’s embrace of the Affordable Care Act, the Los Angeles Time...
4.7M Calif. Medical Records Affected by Data Breaches Last Year
Last year, more than 4.7 million medical records were affected by data breaches in California, according to federal data, the Orange County Register r...
Infections From Duodenoscopes Higher Than Previously Estimated
The number of potentially deadly infections linked to contaminated duodenoscopes in California and other states is greater than federal investigators ...
Let the Budget Plan Pushback Begin
On Monday, the Legislature reconvenes its extraordinary session on health care and officially embarks on the long public debate over the governor̵...
Brown's Budget Proposal To Address Health Care Issues in California
Gov. Jerry Brown’s (D) fiscal year 2016-2017 budget proposal — set to be released Thursday — likely will address funding for Medi-Ca...