California Assembly On Hiatus After Lawmaker Reports ‘Mask To Mask’ COVID-19 Infection

The Assembly is suspending its session until further notice following five confirmed COVID-19 cases among lawmakers and employees.

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Supreme Court’s Fresh Views On ‘Severability’ Could Boost Obamacare Defenders

For the second time in two weeks, the Supreme Court has made clear its views on how and when to sever unconstitutional provisions from a federal law.

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Pressure Rises For Newsom To Release More People From San Quentin, Other Prisons

As the coronavirus rages through California’s crowded state prisons, threatening those inside and straining community hospitals, pressure is building on Gov. Gavin Newsom to avert a wider public-health crisis by drastically cutting prison populations — including at San Quentin in Marin County, now home to one of the country’s biggest COVID-19 outbreaks.

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California’s Slide From Coronavirus Success To Danger Zone Began Memorial Day

The seeds of the latest surge in coronavirus cases in California appear to have been planted around Memorial Day.

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House Passes Tweaks To Shore Up ACA, Lower Premiums

House Democrats on Monday passed a bill that would bolster the Affordable Care Act by hiking premium subsidies and incentivizing states to expand Medicaid.

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Grassley to Renew Drug-Pricing Push ‘With or Without Democrats’

The chairman of the influential Senate Finance Committee will push for a vote on his drug-pricing measure without the help of critical allies: Senate Democrats.

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Strike Down Affordable Care Act

If successful, the move would permanently end the health insurance program popularly known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans.

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DOL ‘Friends’ CalSavers Challenge

The CalSavers Retirement Savings Program is being challenged in court—and now the Labor Department has weighed in.

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Cigna, Oscar Health Unveil First Markets For Co-Branded Health Plans

Cigna and Oscar Health have announced the first markets for their co-branded health plans aimed at small businesses.

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Remdesivir, The First Coronavirus Drug, Gets A Price Tag

Federal health officials and Gilead Sciences have settled on priority distribution to Americans — and nonnegotiable pricing.

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