Target Calls in Kaiser Permanente to Staff Health Clinics

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.

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Health Care Law Recasts Insurers as Obama Allies

As Americans shop in the health insurance marketplace for a second year, President Obama is depending more than ever on the insurance companies that five years ago he accused of padding profits and canceling coverage for the sick.

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Jones Proposes Lower Workers’ Compensation Premium Rate

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.

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How Little-Known MIT Professor Jonathan Gruber Shook Up Washington This Week

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber may not have been a household name, at least before this week, despite his being described as the "architect" of Obamacare and, previously, Romneycare in Massachusetts.

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Cal-OSHA Expands Ebola Standards to Protect Hospital Workers

After statewide rallies and demands from the nurses' union this week, the California Department of Public Health and Cal-OSHA have posted updated Ebola mandates for hospitals that go beyond federal standards to ensure that at-risk employees are provided with proper training and personal protective equipment.

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Exchange Bus Tour ‘Resonating’ With Californians as Open Enrollment Nears

Covered California officials this week are on a bus tour across the state -- stumping Thursday in La Habra and making multiple stops Friday in Los Angeles -- in preparation for Saturday's launch of the exchange's second open enrollment period.

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