Study Finds Savings Low For Employers Capping Their Payments for Treatments

In an effort to slow health care spending, more employers are looking at capping what they pay for certain procedures — like joint replacements — and requiring insured workers who choose hospitals or medical facilities that exceed the cap to pay the difference themselves.

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Exchange RX Utilization Starting To Tell A Story

When the new health insurance exchanges opened for business one year ago, whether they would succeed was a matter of fervent debate.

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California Gives No-Bid Health Pacts

California's health insurance exchange has awarded $184 million in contracts without the competitive bidding and oversight that is standard practice across state government, including deals that sent millions of dollars to a firm whose employees have long-standing ties to the agency's executive director.

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Poll: Californians Support Health Coverage For Undocumented Immigrants

A majority of the state’s voters support extending current health insurance programs to all low-income Californians, including undocumented immigrants, according to a new statewide poll released today.

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New Leaders In Legislature Plan To Include Health Care Issues on Agenda

Two new leaders of the Legislature discussing the direction of state programs and finances yesterday hit on health care topics a number of times.

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Southern Californians Endure Longer Waits at Emergency Rooms Than Most Americans

Californians, especially those in Los Angeles County, endure longer waits in hospital emergency rooms than most Americans.

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Wal-Mart Adds In-Store Program to Help Customers Compare Insurance Offerings

Wal-Mart announced Monday that it will dive deeper into the health-care market, unveiling an initiative to allow customers to compare and enroll in health insurance plans in thousands of its stores.

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Health Insurers Spending Millions to Beat Pro-Consumer Ballot Measures

The latest campaign spending figures on California's two big healthcare ballot initiatives are just in, courtesy of the watchdog group MapLight, and they're mind-boggling.

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Insurance Commissioner Race Pits Two Starkly Different Candidates

Few jobs at the state Capitol have more effect on citizen pocketbook issues than California's elected insurance commissioner.

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HHS is Hiding Health Insurance Rate Hikes, Former Official Charges

The Department of Health and Human Services is improperly hiding health insurers' requested rate increases from the public -- in violation of the Affordable Care Act, according to a new lawsuit from a former administration health official.

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