The Medicare "Part B" premium that most older people pay for outpatient care will stay the same in 2015 — $104.90 a month.

In an effort to slow health care spending, more employers are looking at capping what they pay for certain procedures — like joint replacements — and requiring insured workers who choose hospitals or medical facilities that exceed the cap to pay the difference themselves.

When the new health insurance exchanges opened for business one year ago, whether they would succeed was a matter of fervent debate.

California's health insurance exchange has awarded $184 million in contracts without the competitive bidding and oversight that is standard practice across state government, including deals that sent millions of dollars to a firm whose employees have long-standing ties to the agency's executive director.

A majority of the state’s voters support extending current health insurance programs to all low-income Californians, including undocumented immigrants, according to a new statewide poll released today.

Two new leaders of the Legislature discussing the direction of state programs and finances yesterday hit on health care topics a number of times.