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This broad category includes articles concerning health insurance costs, carrier and health plan news, changing benefits technology, and surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation and others on employee benefits.

Three CalPERS Health Plans Are In A ‘Death Spiral.’ Saving Them Could Involve Price Hikes

Three of the best health plans California state workers and retirees can buy are speeding toward collapse, according to CalPERS insurance experts.

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With Wildfires Burning And Covid-19 Spreading, Can California Afford Stem Cell Research? Voters Are Set To Decide

This Election Day, California voters are being asked to replenish funding for the state’s ambitious stem cell research program, with a well-financed campaign that’s making heady promises about curing diabetes, paralysis, cancer, and Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases.

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Attorney General Becerra Takes Action to Ensure Californians Have Access to Mental Health Care

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today urged California’s four largest health insurance providers: Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield of California, Health Net of California, and Kaiser Permanente, to demonstrate their compliance with state and federal mental health parity laws.

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California Pushes Ahead With Health Policy Overhaul

Though COVID-19 forced California leaders to scale back their ambitious health care agenda, they still managed to enact significant new laws intended to lower consumer health care spending and expand access to health coverage.

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Nevada Consumers Encouraged To View Health Insurance Plans and Rates For 2021

The Nevada Division of Insurance posted final approved health insurance rates.

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California To Make Its Own Insulin, Generic Drugs In Effort To Lower Costs

California could make its own insulin and other prescription drugs in an effort to lower costs under a bill Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he signed into law Monday.

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Gov. Newsom Signs Law To Grow Mental Health Coverage

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law on Friday that for the first time in California defines "medical necessity," a move aimed at requiring private health insurance plans to pay for more mental health and drug addiction treatments.

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California Expands Privacy Protection to Public Health Workers Amid Threats

California will allow public health officials to participate in a program to keep their home addresses confidential, a protection previously reserved for victims of violence, abuse and stalking and reproductive health care workers.

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California Enacts Small Business Bills

On September 9, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed three bills into law that were designed to provide support for small businesses, including restaurants and other food and beverage companies.

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California Halting New Unemployment Claims For Two Weeks To Catch Up On Backlog

State Employment Development Department has faced sharp criticism for delays; 1.6 million jobless not properly paid benefits

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