Despite days of intense negotiations and last-minute concessions to win over wavering GOP conservatives and moderates, House Republican leaders Friday...
Five Ways The GOP Health Bill Would Reverse Course From The ACA
After literally years of promises, House Republicans finally have a bill they say will “repeal and replace” the Affordable Care Act. Some conserva...
Aca and Medicaid update
It is expected that an ACA repeal-replace bill will be considered the week of March 6 in the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The draft of the bil...
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...
Letter to California Congressional Delegation
Attached is a letter the DHLF sent on February 1 to the California Congressional Delegation outlining California’s district and municipal hospitals...
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...