California Watch

Nurses in California and other areas of the country say they have not been properly trained or provided with appropriate equipment to deal with Ebola cases, KTVU reports.

California residents accumulated the third-highest amount of medical debt in the U.S. last year, according to a recent study by NerdWallet, Payers & Providers reports.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.