December 3, 2019
California Sen. Kamala Harris announced Tuesday that she is suspending her presidential campaign, citing a lack of financial resources. “I’ve taken stock and looked at this from every angle, and over the last few days have come to one of the hardest decisions of my life,” Harris wrote in a letter to supporters Tuesday. Read More
December 3, 2019
The Franchise Tax Board (FTB) on Monday urged Californians to get health care coverage now and keep it through 2020 to avoid a penalty when filing state income tax returns in 2021. Read More
November 26, 2019
California is implementing its new state individual mandate in 2020. It requires all California residents to maintain Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) – medical health insurance coverage – for themselves and their dependents beginning January 1, 2020. Californians who do not maintain this coverage, or otherwise meet exemption requirements, will be subject to a tax penalty that somewhat resembles the former penalty at the federal level. Read More
November 26, 2019
Prominent Democratic leaders are sounding increasingly vocal alarms to try to halt political momentum for “Medicare for all,” opting to risk alienating liberals and deepening the divide in the party rather than enter an election year with a sweeping health care proposal that many see as a liability for candidates up and down the ballot. Read More
November 26, 2019
The top health industry lobbies have joined forces to take down socialized medicine — or anything that looks like it. Will they succeed? Read More
November 19, 2019
The California Trucking Association has filed what appears to be the first lawsuit challenging a sweeping new labor law seeking to give wage and benefit protections to workers in the so-called gig economy, including rideshare drivers at companies such as Uber and Lyft. Read More
November 19, 2019
Russell Desmond received a letter a few weeks ago from the American Kidney Fund that he said felt like “a smack on the face.” Read More
November 19, 2019
A year and a half ago, Gavin Newsom was in the same place as Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, running in a tough Democratic primary and vowing “it’s about time” for a single-payer health care system while dismissing his critics as “can’t-do Democrats” who refuse to think big. Read More
November 12, 2019
Bernard J. Tyson, the chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente, died in his sleep early Sunday, the company confirmed. Tyson, who was appointed CEO of the medical group and health care provider in 2013, “unexpectedly passed away early today in his sleep,” Read More
November 5, 2019
The arrangement helps consumers who signed up for exchange plans rather than Medicare Part B coverage. Read More