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.
President Barack Obama’s executive order to spare some immigrants from deportation has galvanized Democrats, immigration groups and health care advocates in California to push for expanding health coverage to a segment of the population that remains uninsured.
California's health exchange is leaning on insurance agents to enroll thousands of people in Obamacare coverage. Trouble is, some agents haven't been paid for months.
Medical Board of California officials say they plan to investigate whether drugmakers' payments have inappropriately influenced doctors who prescribe psychiatric medication to children in California's foster care system, the San Jose Mercury News reports (de Sá, San Jose Mercury News, 11/24).
We're less than a week from the swearing-in for California's next class of lawmakers, and we can finally be certain that two new names will be on the list.
Six years ago, Rosa Acevedo left her daughter Moraina, 3, at home with her parents in Mexico so she could chase her American dream of earning $8.25 to $9.25 an hour picking grapes, strawberries and tomatoes in the San Joaquin Valley.
Health plan sign-ups in the first four days of Covered California's second season outpaced the early days of last year's maiden enrollment period by nearly four times, the state's Obamacare health insurance exchange said Thursday.
The federal government shelled out billions of dollars to get health insurance marketplaces going in the 14 states that opted to run their own.
Covered California will "double-down" on its strategy to reach out to uninsured Latinos during a new enrollment period for health care under the state-run insurance exchange, the group's top executive said Monday.
Target Corp. is teaming up with health care provider Kaiser Permanente to test of a new model for the retailer's in-store health clinics.
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones (D) has recommended an average pure premium rate for the state workers' compensation program that is lower than the state Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau's proposal, the Central Valley Business Times reports.