California and several other states will exempt themselves this year from a new Trump administration rule that cuts in half the amount of time consume...
For Millions Of Insured Californians, State Health Laws Don’t Apply
True or false? If you’re a Californian with private health insurance, you have the right to an appointment within a certain number of hours or days,...
For Covered California, Uncertainty Is The New Certainty
SACRAMENTO — Covered California’s board made several multimillion-dollar decisions Thursday, all addressing one unsettling theme: uncertainty. Ov...
Medi-Cal Sued For Pushing Patients Into Managed Care Despite Judges’ Orders
Alondra Diaz can’t get enough of Elmo and Barney, and she adores picture books. The 14-year-old, who will enter high school next week, has several c...
Why A Pennsylvania Insurer’s Collapse Could Whack Californians In the Wallet
Health insurers across the country are on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in losses stemming from the recent insolvency of Penn Treaty Am...
McCain Votes No, Derails ‘Skinny Repeal’ In Marathon Session
WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who interrupted brain cancer treatment to return to Capitol Hill and advance the health law repeal, cast th...
Senate Parliamentarian Upends GOP Hopes For Health Bill
The official rules keeper in the Senate Friday tossed a bucket of cold water on the Senate Republican health bill by advising that major parts of the ...
Analysis: Senate’s Latest Health Blueprint Cuts Costs At The Expense Of Chronically Ill
The latest Senate health proposal reins in costs by effectively splitting the individual insurance market, with healthy people diverted into stripped-...
The Union That Roars: Nurses Aren’t Giving Up On California’s Single-Payer Push
To some, the California Nurses Association’s political tactics in pushing for a single-payer health system seemed a bit, well, extreme. Never mind t...
As Seniors Get Sicker, They're More Likely To Drop Medicare Advantage Plans
When Sol Shipotow enrolled in a new Medicare Advantage health plan earlier this year, he expected to keep the doctor who treats his serious eye condit...