Giving Americans over 60 access to Medicare would add about 7.3 million people to the program's rolls and swell the budget deficit by $155 billion over a five-year period, the Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation project said in a new analysis.

California coronavirus case rates have worsened dramatically in certain parts of the state in the past week, according to a Times analysis, with some areas particularly hard hit.

Employer-sponsored health plans paid on average 224% of what Medicare paid to hospitals for the same services at the same facilities, according to a new study from RAND Corporation. The report covers billing for hospital inpatient and outpatient services in 2020.

On suspense file day, legislators killed about 220 California bills on issues including education, health care, housing and workers.

California's $250,000 limit on damages for pain and suffering caused by medical malpractice, a ceiling enacted by lawmakers in 1975 at the insistence of doctors and insurers, will be lifted next year.

Cigna’s Evernorth and Kaiser Permanente have inked a multi-year network agreement that aims to drive greater convenience and affordability. The five-year collaboration will first center on enhancing access and convenience for Kaiser Permanente members by offering access to Cigna’s PPO network for emergency and urgent care outside of the health system’s service areas. Specialty pharmacy is ...