Author: Kalup Alexander

The California Legislature has passed a bill banning the sale of short-term health insurance plans — a type of insurance the Trump administration is seeking to expand.

Out of all the technology giants with ambitions in healthcare, hospital executives have overwhelmingly put their faith in Amazon, according to a new survey.

Alphabet Inc. is putting $375 million into Obamacare startup Oscar Health, the latest health-care investment from Google’s parent company.

Ask Steve Poizner about how he’ll tackle health care costs if he recaptures his old job as California’s insurance commissioner, and he has a ready example.

Health insurer Anthem has teamed up with Walmart to expand its senior members' access to over-the-counter medications. 

Powerful lobbying groups are pushing back against a House-passed bill intended to address the growing opioid epidemic. 

The bull market, which is about to become the longest running in recent history, has produced healthy returns for investors. The S&P 500 is up well over 300 percent over the last nine years, but health insurance stocks have logged even more impressive gains.

Several companies that manage prescription drug benefits for insurers say they have not received any commitments from drugmakers to lower list prices. 

When California voters passed a tax on high-income residents in 2004, backers said it would make good on the state’s “failed promise” to help counties pay for the treatment of the mentally ill.

The Trump administration is using new powers to propose a significant decrease in how many opioids drug companies can manufacture in the U.S. in 2019.