California Moves to Clear Coffee of Cancer-Risk Stigma

California officials, having concluded coffee drinking is not a risky pastime, are proposing a regulation that will essentially tell consumers of America's favorite beverage they can drink up without fear.

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Most Under-35s Ok With Insurers Digital Spying If It Cuts Prices

The majority of people between 18 and 34 would be willing to let insurance companies dig through their digital data from social media to health devices if it meant lowering their premiums, a survey shows.

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Illness Shouldn’t Divide Us, Blue Cross CEO Says

As chief executive of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Andrew Dreyfus is worried that Congress this summer may try to weaken Obamacare’s requirements for covering preexisting conditions. That’s why he’s in Washington for two days of meetings starting Tuesday.

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Could California Shape The Fate Of The Affordable Care Act In November?

In the state that’s leading the opposition to many of President Donald Trump’s health policies, California voters will face a stark choice on the November ballot: keep up the resistance or fall in line.

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Administration Challenges ACA’s Preexisting Conditions Protection In Court

The Trump administration is refusing to defend key parts of the Affordable Care Act, essentially arguing that federal courts should find the health law’s protection for people with preexisting conditions unconstitutional.

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Word & Brown Awarded New Large Group Contract by Kaiser Permanente

Following the announcement last fall by Kaiser Permanente naming Word & Brown General Agency a general agent for California small group business, Kaiser Permanente has now awarded a large group contract to Word & Brown for Fresno and San Diego.

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GOP Embraces Single-Payer Healthcare Attack in California

Republicans are seizing on Democratic demands for a single-payer health-care system as an attack line in California, arguing that candidates backing the issue spearheaded by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) are out of step with their districts.

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Pelosi: ‘Medicare for All’ Should Be ‘evaluated’ if Dems Win House

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said Thursday that "Medicare for All" proposals should be “evaluated” if Democrats win back the House this year, adding “it’s all on the table."

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Anthem Blue Cross Lawsuit Accuses Sebastopol Hospital of Fraudulent Billing

Health insurance giant Anthem Blue Cross has filed suit against Sonoma West Medical Center, accusing the Sebastopol hospital of conspiring with an out-of-state medical laboratory in a billing scheme that Anthem claims defrauded it and its members of $16 million.

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Fed Up With Rising Costs, Big U.S. Firms Dig Into Healthcare

At its Silicon Valley headquarters, network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is going to unusual lengths to take control of the relentless increase in its U.S. healthcare costs.

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