The Week That Scrambled The Governor’s Race

Between the collapse of Eric Swalwell‘s campaign and Donald Trump‘s surprise endorsement of Steve Hilton, the race for California governor was upended in the span of a week. Swalwell dropped out of the race Sunday night … after sexual assault and misconduct allegations threw his campaign into a tailspin. The East Bay representative, who had earlier vowed to continue his ...

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Who Controls Your Home Insurance? A High-Stakes California Race Could Decide

Few statewide elections stand to matter more this year than the race for insurance commissioner — the primary official tasked with stemming a wildfire-stoked home insurance crisis that has sent rates soaring across California. The insurance commissioner leads the state agency that approves rate hikes for home and auto plans, investigates complaints about providers and enforces ...

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California Officials Charge 21 People In Hospice Fraud Exceeding $250 Million

California officials last Thursday said they uncovered a multimillion-dollar scheme to use stolen identities from people outside the state to charge for hospice services paid for with a government insurance program.

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White House Says It’s Boosting Affordability Through Physician Reforms

A new report distills the Trump administration’s strategy as officials jockey to shape health care messages ahead of this year’s midterm elections.

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Hospitals Warn CMS Pay Hike Fails To Offset Inflation, Rising Uninsured Rates

Hospitals would receive a 2.4% rate increase for inpatient services in fiscal year 2027 under a proposal announced by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Friday. If enacted, it would represent an approximately $1.4 billion increase. CMS also projects that additional payments for inpatient cases involving new technologies will rise by $464 million ...

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California Voters Will Face Dueling Ballot Propositions This Fall. Confusion is Likely

“This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters.” When California voters approved Proposition 13 in 1978, they forced a massive change in how government services are financed that continues to reverberate nearly a half-century later. Prop. 13’s limits on property taxes that had financed public schools and other units of local government for ...

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