January 21, 2020
Medi-Cal had a big decade. The number of Californians enrolled in the state’s health insurance program for low-income residents swelled by 5.5 million from 2010 to 2019. It now covers 1 in 3 Californians and 40% of children. Read More
January 21, 2020
The leaders of a powerful House committee are aiming to break through a legislative quagmire as Congress tries to deliver on the stubbornly elusive goal of protecting patients from "surprise" medical bills. Read More
January 21, 2020
At least two out of five California consumers are still not aware that they’ll face a tax penalty in 2021 if they don’t have health insurance coverage this year. That’s not good since open enrollment ends this month. Read More
January 21, 2020
As Democratic candidates propose a spectrum of health care options on the debate stage, the Medicare for all plan floated by progressive candidates Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders offers a utopian vision of health care in America: universal coverage with no premiums or co-pays. But what about the costs? Read More
January 21, 2020
Healthcare CEOs admit they thought they’d be further along in the transition to value-based care than they are today, a new survey shows. Read More
January 21, 2020
UnitedHealth Group Inc. says its U.S. commercial health insurance enrollment grew faster than its government plan and international health insurance enrollment in the fourth quarter of 2019. Read More
January 21, 2020
The Supreme Court will be reviewing a decision by the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act restricts states’ ability to regulate how pharmacy benefit managers set drug prices charged to pharmacies and by extension to consumers. Read More
January 14, 2020
In a bold strategy to drive down prescription drug prices, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing that California become the first state in the nation to establish its own generic drug label, making those medications available at an affordable price to the state’s 40 million residents. Read More
January 14, 2020
Kathleen Hoechlin lost control as she crested a small jump on her final ski run of the day at California’s Mammoth Mountain two years ago. She landed hard on her back, crushing one of the vertebra in her lower spine “like a Cheerio,” she said. Read More
January 14, 2020
The Department of Justice told the Supreme Court that the case did not represent an “emergency” that would require a speedy ruling. Read More