On Wednesday, the California Assembly passed a bill establishing the California Health Care Coverage Shared Responsibility Act. The bill, AB 414, aims to create a statewide individual mandate for health insurance.

A top Republican and a top Democrat in the U.S. Senate have put a long health insurance agent and broker compensation disclosure provision in a major new health care finance system change bill.

As proponents of Medicare for All struggle to defend their plan to repeal the foundations of American health care — including employer-provided coverage, Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) – and replace it all with a costly, one-size-fits-all, government-run, health-care system, many are claiming that a majority of Americans support their scheme. For example, in a recent opinion piece published by The Hill, George Goehl writes that “across party lines, a majority of Americans are in favor of Medicare for All.”

California officially gave its blessing to coffee Monday, declaring the beverage does not pose a "significant" cancer risk.

Twenty-four percent of those surveyed in the WSJ/NBC poll said health care was their top priority. Immigration came in second place, at 18 percent, while job creation came in third at 14 percent. In a three-way tie at 11 percent were climate change, national security and the deficit. Guns and “other” came in last, at 5 and 6 percent, respectively.

Centene shares are tumbling after Humana took the rare step of publicly refuting reports that it’s interested in buying the company.