California Watch
News stories in this section spotlight activities in California, including actions by the state Assembly and state Senate; proposed legislation; regulators like the Department of Managed Health Care and Department of Insurance; and the state ACA exchange, Covered California.
In response to complaints about Obamacare doctor networks, a California lawmaker and three consumer groups are seeking legislation that would require health plans to improve provider directories.
The California Nurses Assn. announced Saturday that it has called off plans for a strike next week against Kaiser Permanente after reaching a tentative contract agreement for 18,000 of its members in Northern and Central California.
California's Hospital Fair Pricing Act has helped lower costs for uninsured patients by placing limits on the fees hospitals can charge them for care, according to a study published in Health Affairs, Medscape reports.
When Dennie Wright went to sign up for Affordable Care Act insurance last year, it wasn't a hard decision.
California's Obamacare exchange rejected a bid from the nation's largest health insurer to start selling coverage statewide next year.
A retooled, multi-million-dollar marketing effort by the state's health care exchange to persuade more of the state's Latino residents to obtain insurance under the nation's health care law is showing mixed results, according to enrollment data released Thursday.
When Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his latest budget proposal last week and the topic turned to Californians' financial struggles, he became uncharacteristically personal.
A new state law (SB 138) that went into effect on Jan. 1 allows individuals covered by another person's health plan to submit requests to insurers to keep certain medical information private, KPBS reports (Goldberg, KPBS, 1/6).
California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday proposed a massive $113 billion state budget that boosts education spending and state savings while leaving some social programs funded below pre-recession levels, earning the ire of liberal activists that could set up a showdown with Democrats in the state legislature.
Starting this month, state-run insurance exchanges are legally required by the healthcare reform law to be financially self-sustaining.