Some Medicare recipients may see their charges for Part B doctor coverage jump more than 20% in January.

The nation’s largest health insurer and the University of California Health system are joining forces to create a new health plan option for employers and expand research into patient data.

An overwhelming majority of Americans favor government action to restrain prescription drug prices, according to a poll released Thursday.

The enrollee share of premiums in the health-care program for federal employees and retirees will rise 6.2 percent on average in 2017, an increase about in line with the general trend for employer-sponsored health insurance, the government announced Wednesday.

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Gov. Jerry Brown signed off on a variety of bills in September that aim to protect patients and health care consumers.